Genus Gasteracantha

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks

Spider in Savannah Georgia - Gasteracantha cancriformis

It's a red crab like spider (here in Louisiana), I have also seen a white one and a pale yellow one in Houston - Gasteracantha cancriformis

Spidey Supper - Gasteracantha cancriformis - female

Spinybacked Orbweaver and the Honey Bee - Gasteracantha cancriformis

Spiny Spider - Gasteracantha cancriformis

Spiny Backed Orbweaver - Gasteracantha Cancriformis - Gasteracantha cancriformis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Gasteracantha

Explanation of Names

Greek gaster (γαστηρ)- "belly" + akantha (ακανθα)- "thorn, spine"

Gender: Feminine

Numbers

One species in the US

Remarks

for more information see Gasteracantha cancriformis

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Chuck Entz
Last updated 19 September, 2008 - 1:50pm

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