Gasteracantha cancriformis

Gasteracantha cancriformis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae 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. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 624 BHL Reference page. 
• Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

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