Nephila clavata

♀ Nephila clavata

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: Nephilinae
Genus: Nephila
Species: Nephila clavata

Name

Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878

Synonyms

• Nephila clavatoides Schenkel, 1953
• Nephila clavata cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963

References

• Karsch, F. 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschr. ges. Naturw. 51: 332–333, 771-826. [741, pl. 15, f. 4]
• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names

• English: Jorō Spider
• 日本語: ジョロウグモ（女郎蜘蛛）
• 한국어: 무당거미
• 中文: 棒络新妇、络新妇、橫帶人面蜘蛛

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