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Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Taxonomic Serial No.: 848399

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2020

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Chelicerata – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme
	Class	Arachnida – arachnids, aracnídeo, araignées, arácnidos
	Order	Araneae – spiders, aranhas, araignées, arañas
	Family	Araneidae Clerck, 1757 – orbweavers
	Genus	Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
		Direct Children:
	Species	Gasteracantha aciculata (Pocock, 1899)
	Species	Gasteracantha acutispina Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha audouini Guérin-Méneville, 1838
	Species	Gasteracantha aureola Mi & Peng, 2013
	Species	Gasteracantha beccarii Thorell, 1877
	Species	Gasteracantha biloba (Thorell, 1878)
	Species	Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) – spinybacked orbweaver
	Species	Gasteracantha clarki Emerit, 1974
	Species	Gasteracantha clavatrix (Walckenaer, 1841)
	Species	Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863
	Species	Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877
	Species	Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin-Méneville, 1837)
	Species	Gasteracantha curvistyla Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha cuspidata C. L. Koch, 1837
	Species	Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900
	Species	Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887
	Species	Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835)
	Species	Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877
	Species	Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873
	Species	Gasteracantha fasciata Guérin-Méneville, 1838
	Species	Gasteracantha flava Nicolet, 1849
	Species	Gasteracantha fornicata (Fabricius, 1775)
	Species	Gasteracantha frontata Blackwall, 1864
	Species	Gasteracantha gambeyi Simon, 1877
	Species	Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798)
	Species	Gasteracantha hasselti C. L. Koch, 1837
	Species	Gasteracantha hecata (Walckenaer, 1841)
	Species	Gasteracantha interrupta Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha irradiata (Walckenaer, 1841)
	Species	Gasteracantha janopol Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
	Species	Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837
	Species	Gasteracantha lepelletieri (Guérin-Méneville, 1825)
	Species	Gasteracantha lunata Guérin-Méneville, 1838
	Species	Gasteracantha martensi Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha mediofusca (Doleschall, 1859)
	Species	Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864
	Species	Gasteracantha metallica (Pocock, 1898)
	Species	Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873
	Species	Gasteracantha notata Kulczynski, 1910
	Species	Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873
	Species	Gasteracantha parangdiadesmia Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
	Species	Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1841)
	Species	Gasteracantha picta (Thorell, 1892)
	Species	Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
	Species	Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1877
	Species	Gasteracantha regalis Butler, 1873
	Species	Gasteracantha remifera Butler, 1873
	Species	Gasteracantha rhomboidea Guérin-Méneville, 1838
	Species	Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin-Méneville, 1838
	Species	Gasteracantha rufithorax Simon, 1881
	Species	Gasteracantha sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872
	Species	Gasteracantha sanguinea Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844
	Species	Gasteracantha sapperi Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha sauteri Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha scintillans Butler, 1873
	Species	Gasteracantha signifera Pocock, 1898
	Species	Gasteracantha simoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
	Species	Gasteracantha sororna Butler, 1873
	Species	Gasteracantha sturi (Doleschall, 1857)
	Species	Gasteracantha subaequispina Dahl, 1914
	Species	Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841)
	Species	Gasteracantha theisi Guérin-Méneville, 1838
	Species	Gasteracantha thomasinsulae Archer, 1951
	Species	Gasteracantha thorelli Keyserling, 1864
	Species	Gasteracantha tondanae Pocock, 1897
	Species	Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837
	Species	Gasteracantha unguifera Simon, 1889
	Species	Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1841)
	Species	Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864

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	Source:	World Spider Catalog, Version 21.0, website (version 21.0)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	World Spider Catalog (2020). Version 21.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, accessed on 24 Jan 2020. doi: 10.24436/2
	Reference for:	Gasteracantha

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