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Ugg, I HATE spiders...I dont know why though. If I saw on of them floating towards me in the sea, I would never go to the beach again! *shudders*
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I'd grab the nearest rock to me and spend as much time as I could attempting to crush the thing. I know it sounds cruel, but it's instinct when I see a spider. I'd hate to see what it's like when it actually moves. Yuck.
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They're not spiders, their pycnogonids. They are chelicerates, like arachnids and xiphosurans (horseshore crabs) and eurypterids (sea scorpions), but apart from that, totally different and TOTALLY benthic, so you won't find them floating anywhere. You might find a tiny one in the mud at the bottom, if you are
really lucky, and the pycnogonid is really lost.
But seriously, you wouldn't react to them n the same way as a spider. They may have superficially similar legs, but trust me, in the flesh they give off a completely different vibe, you couldn't classify a fear of them as arachnophobia, it would be "pycnogonophobia".
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Just think of the damage these fish could cause. Some have HUGE teeth, and would attack you on sight. Some of those would probably spray you with poison of some sort. Maybe some are harmless...but that Viper Fish would scare me if I was waay underwater.
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Teeth are not an indication of aggression. I mean, a shark wouldn't attack you, why should they? Most are really small anyway, their teeth look huge in the pictures, but they're tiny. Also, no poison. Hell, a spray underwater? WTF?
If you met a harmless viper fish, you'll have bigger problems than your encounter to deal with. Like the lack of air and searing pressure kilometers down.