Some young sea spiders can regrow their rear ends

The creatures seem to lose the ability when they stop shedding skin as adults

A microscope image of an adult sea spider made a full recovery after its back half was amputated.

The adult sea spider (Pycnogonum litorale) in this microscope image made a full recovery after its back half was amputated, showing that arthropods can regrow more body parts than scientists realized.

G. Brenneis

No backside, no problem for some young sea spiders.