Gasteracantha cancriformis

Gasteracantha cancriformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Gasteracanthinae
Tribus: Gasteracanthini
Genus: Gasteracantha
Species: Gasteracantha cancriformis
Subspecies: G. c. gertschi

Name

Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: America

Holotype: Lost

Synonyms

• Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758
• Aranea tetracantha Linnaeus, 1767
• Epeira servillei Guérin, 1825
• Gasteracantha mammosa C. L. Koch, 1844
• Gasteracantha insulana Thorell, 1859
• Gasteracantha kochii Butler, 1873
• Gasteracantha raimondii unicolor Taczanowski, 1879
• Gasteracantha mascula Strand, 1916
• Gasteracantha kochi joinvillensis Strand, 1916
• Gasteracantha comstocki Mello-Leitão, 1917
• Gasteracantha cancriformis — Sundevall, 1833
• Gasteracantha tetracantha — Dahl, 1914

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae, 821 pp. [624]
• Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

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