Genus Gea

Classification · Explanation of Names

Gea Heptagon, brown spider with horned abdomen - Gea heptagon - female

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 Gea

Explanation of Names

Gender: Feminine

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 6 March, 2006 - 7:24am

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