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Genus Gea

Xysticus or Bassaniana? - Gea heptagon - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Gea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

Gender: Feminine

Numbers

There is only one member of this genus according to the World Spider Catalog and it occurs in North America.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Chuck Entz, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 23 January, 2023 - 7:41am

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