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Gasteracantha

Gasteracantha is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. Species of the genus are known as spiny-backed orb-weavers, spiny orb-weavers, or spiny spiders. The females of most species are brightly colored with six prominent spines on their broad, hardened, shell-like abdomens.

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PolymorphismWorld Spider CatalogSynonymsSubspeciesMitochondrial
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Genus nameAncient GreekCrab spidersKite spiderJewel spider
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Distribution

TropicalSubtropicalG. cancriformisAmericas
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Sexual dimorphism
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related to Distribution · 6
Gasteracantha → Americas, Asia, India, Indonesia, One, The
related to Taxonomy and systematics · 6
Gasteracantha → Actinacantha, Furthermore, Macracantha, The, Thelacantha, World Spider Catalog
related to Names · 4
Gasteracantha → Ancient Greek, Other, Spiny-backed, The
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Gasteracantha → Citizen, Video
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Gasteracantha → genus of orb-weaver spiders first named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833

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Gasteracanthais agenus of orb-weaver spiders first named by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 18330.90text
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Gasteracantharelated to External linksCitizen0.60section
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Gasteracantharelated to NamesSpiny-backed0.60section

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