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SpeciesAraneaeAraneidae
Arthropods

🪲Gasteracantha cancriformis

Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gasteracantha cancriformis is een spinnensoort uit de familie van de wielwebspinnen. Vooral de vrouwtjes zijn zeer opvallend door de puntige uitsteeksels en felle kleuren. De naam is afgeleid van het Grieks en het Latijn: Gasteracantha (Grieks): γαστήρ (gaster; buik) en ἄκανθα (akantha; hoorn) Cancriformis (Latijn): cancer (krab) en forma (vorm) De benaming is een beschrijving van de vorm van de spin: krabvormig en met hoornachtige uitsteeksels op het abdomen. Het dier komt voornamelijk voor in Midden- en Zuid-Amerika.

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Also called
Spinybacked Orbweaver
Conservation status
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Species-level value synthesised as the mean of: female.

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  • Female0 mWorld Spider Trait DatabasePekar et al. 2021, Database 2021:baab064Spider morphometric and foraging traits; Chamberlin 1925

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classArachnida
  4. ›orderAraneae
  5. ›familyAraneidae
  6. ›genusGasteracantha
  7. ›speciesGasteracantha cancriformis
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  1. orderSpiders · Araneae
  2. superfamilyAraneoidea
  3. familyAraneidae
  4. genusGasteracantha
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumChelicerata
  4. orderSpiders · Araneae
  5. suborderAraneomorphae
  6. superfamilyAraneoidea
  7. familyAraneidae
  8. genusGasteracantha
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