Spiny orb-weaver
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| Spiny orb-weavers | |
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| G. cancriformis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 |
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| Diversity | |
| 69 species | |
Spiny orb-weavers is a common name for Gasteracantha, a genus of spiders. They are also commonly called Spiny-backed orb-weavers, due to the prominent spines on their abdomen. These spiders can reach sizes of up to 30mm in diameter (measured from spike to spike). Although their shell is shaped like a crab shell with spikes, it is not to be confused with a crab spider.
Orb-weaver's bites are generally harmless to humans.
[edit] Species
- Gasteracantha aciculata (Pocock, 1899) — New Britain
- Gasteracantha acutispina Dahl, 1914 — Sulawesi
- Gasteracantha arcuata (Fabricus, 1793) - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, East Malaysia
- Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 — Sumatra, Timor, Amboina, Philippines
- Gasteracantha beccarii Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
- Gasteracantha biloba (Thorell, 1878) — Moluccas, Amboina
- Gasteracantha cancriformis — New World
- Gasteracantha cancriformis gertschi Archer, 1941 — USA
- Gasteracantha clarki Emerit, 1974 — Seychelles
- Gasteracantha clavatrix (Walckenaer, 1842) — Lombok, Sulawesi, Mentawai Islands
- Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863 — Thailand, Philippines, Sulawesi
- Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877 — New Guinea
- Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) — West, Central Africa, Bioko
- Gasteracantha curvistyla Dahl, 1914 — Togian Islands, near Sulawesi
- Gasteracantha cuspidata C. L. Koch, 1837 — Malaysia, Nicobar Islands, Java
- Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900 — India, Pakistan
- Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887 — India to Philippines
- Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) — China, Thailand, Malaysia, Sunda Islands
- Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877 — Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo
- Gasteracantha falcicornis — Africa
- Gasteracantha fasciata Guérin, 1838 — New Guinea, Guam
- Gasteracantha flava Nicolet, 1849 — Chile
- Gasteracantha fornicata — Queensland, Australia
- Gasteracantha frontata Blackwall, 1864 — India, Myanmar, Thailand, Flores, Borneo
- Gasteracantha gambeyi Simon, 1877 — New Caledonia
- Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) — India, Sri Lanka
- Gasteracantha hasselti — India, China to Moluccas
- Gasteracantha hecata (Walckenaer, 1842) — Philippines
- Gasteracantha interrupta Dahl, 1914 — Lombok, Sulawesi
- Gasteracantha irradiata (Walckenaer, 1842) — Thailand to Philippines, Sulawesi
- Gasteracantha janopol Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 — India to Japan, Philippines
- Gasteracantha lepelletieri (Guérin, 1825) — Sumatra to Philippines, New Guinea
- Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838 — Timor, Moluccas, New Caledonia
- Gasteracantha martensi Dahl, 1914 — Sumatra
- Gasteracantha mediofusca (Doleschall, 1859) — Java, New Guinea
- Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864 — Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
- Gasteracantha metallica (Pocock, 1898) — Solomon Islands
- Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873 — Central, East, Southern Africa
- Gasteracantha notata Kulczynski, 1910 — New Britain
- Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873 — Myanmar to Philippines, Java
- Gasteracantha parangdiadesmia Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
- Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1842) — New Ireland, New Britain
- Gasteracantha pentagona anirica Strand, 1915 — Bismarck Archipel
- Gasteracantha picta (Thorell, 1892) — Singapore
- Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 — New Guinea, Queensland
- Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1877 — Philippines
- Gasteracantha regalis Butler, 1873 — New Hebrides
- Gasteracantha remifera Butler, 1873 — India, Sri Lanka
- Gasteracantha rhomboidea Guérin, 1838 — Mauritius (= G. mauritia)
- Gasteracantha rhomboidea comorensis Strand, 1917 — Comoro Islands
- Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Vinson, 1863 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 — Lombok, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Guam
- Gasteracantha rufithorax Simon, 1881 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872 — New Guinea, Queensland, New Caledonia
- Gasteracantha sanguinea Dahl, 1914 — Philippines
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 — Africa, São Tomé, Yemen, Socotra
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta andrefanae Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta bigoti Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta emeriti Roberts, 1983 — Aldabra
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta insulicola Emerit, 1974 — Seychelles
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta legendrei Emerit, 1974 — Europa Islands
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta mangrovae Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha sanguinolenta rueppelli (Strand, 1916) — Egypt
- Gasteracantha sapperi Dahl, 1914 — New Guinea
- Gasteracantha sauteri Dahl, 1914 — China, Taiwan
- Gasteracantha scintillans Butler, 1873 — Solomon Islands
- Gasteracantha signifera Pocock, 1898 — Solomon Islands
- Gasteracantha signifera bistrigella Strand, 1915 — Bismarck Archipel
- Gasteracantha signifera heterospina Strand, 1915 — Bismarck Archipel
- Gasteracantha signifera pustulinota Strand, 1915 — Bismarck Archipel
- Gasteracantha simoni O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 — Central Africa
- Gasteracantha sororna Butler, 1873 — India
- Gasteracantha sturi — Sumatra, Java, Moluccas
- Gasteracantha subaequispina Dahl, 1914 — Borneo, New Guinea
- Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1842) — India to Polynesia
- Gasteracantha taeniata analispina Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
- Gasteracantha taeniata anirensis Strand, 1911 — New Ireland
- Gasteracantha taeniata bawensis Strand, 1915 — New Guinea
- Gasteracantha taeniata jamurensis Strand, 1915 — New Guinea
- Gasteracantha taeniata lugubris Simon, 1898 — Solomon Islands
- Gasteracantha taeniata maculella Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
- Gasteracantha taeniata novahannoveriana Dahl, 1914 — Bismarck Archipel
- Gasteracantha taeniata obsoletopicta Strand, 1915 — Indonesia
- Gasteracantha taeniata oinokensis Strand, 1915 — New Guinea
- Gasteracantha taeniata sentanensis Strand, 1915 — New Guinea
- Gasteracantha taeniata trivittinota Strand, 1911 — New Ireland
- Gasteracantha taeniata univittinota Strand, 1911 — New Ireland
- Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 — New Guinea, Moluccas
- Gasteracantha theisii antemaculata Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
- Gasteracantha theisii keyana Strand, 1911 — Kei Islands
- Gasteracantha theisii quadrisignatella Strand, 1911 — Indonesia
- Gasteracantha thomasinsulae Archer, 1951 — São Tomé
- Gasteracantha thorelli Keyserling, 1864 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha tondanae Pocock, 1897 — Sulawesi
- Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837 — Sumatra, Java
- Gasteracantha unguifera Simon, 1889 — India
- Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1842) — Central, East, Southern Africa
- Gasteracantha versicolor avaratrae Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha versicolor formosa Vinson, 1863 — Madagascar
- Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864 — Australia, Admiralty Islands, New Caledonia
[edit] References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 10.0. American Museum of Natural History.
[edit] External links
Media related to Gasteracantha at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Gasteracantha at Wikispecies
