Anyway, after talking over my concept with Kah he pointed out something that reminded me of a base idea for design: "nothing is obvious."
Why did my spider's legs have to be equally proportioned? So here is the refined version of the swimming recluse's legs. The front two legs act as snares to catch prey at a distance. They would be highly reflexive and able to accelerate from stationary at a scary rate. The second set of legs act as a mid-way snare to keep prey from escaping beneath the spider. They would also be very strong in relation to the rest of the body as it is this set of legs that pulls prey toward the mouth and hold it in place. The palpus would be the final reinforcement to keeping prey locked in place as the spider feeds.
While the top drawing indicates the swimming recluse hunting small shrimp it would also be able to overpower (or at least hang onto long enough to kill) a small fish. The size of the spider I envision is about the size of a dessert plate with its legs spread out, give or take a little bit with the primary legs. Its actual body would be no bigger than a standard usb stick.
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