Gasteracantha cancriformis

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Gasteracantha cancriformis
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Gasteracantha
Species:	G. cancriformis
Binomial name
Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758 Aranea conchata Slabber, 1769 Aranea tetracantha Linnaeus, 1767 Dicantha lata (Walckenaer, 1805) Epeira cancer Hentz, 1850 Epeira lata Walckenaer, 1805 Epeira servillei Guérin, 1825 Gasteracantha biolleyi Banks, 1905 Gasteracantha callida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 Gasteracantha canestrinii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 Gasteracantha columbiae Giebel, 1863 Gasteracantha comstocki Mello-Leitão, 1917 Gasteracantha elliptica Gétaz, 1893 Gasteracantha hilaris Thorell, 1859 Gasteracantha insulana Thorell, 1859 Gasteracantha kochii Butler, 1873 Gasteracantha mammosa C. L. Koch, 1844 Gasteracantha mascula Strand, 1916 Gasteracantha maura McCook, 1894 Gasteracantha moesta Thorell, 1859 Gasteracantha oldendorffii Holmberg, 1876 Gasteracantha pallida C. L. Koch, 1844 Gasteracantha picea C. L. Koch, 1844 Gasteracantha preciosa McCook, 1894 Gasteracantha proboscidea Taczanowski, 1879 Gasteracantha quadridens C. L. Koch, 1844 Gasteracantha raimondii Taczanowski, 1879 Gasteracantha rubiginosa C. L. Koch, 1844 Gasteracantha rufospinosa Marx, 1886 Gasteracantha servillei (Guérin, 1825) Gasteracantha tetracantha (Linnaeus, 1767) Gasteracantha velitaris C. L. Koch, 1837 Micrathena triserrata (Walckenaer, 1841) Plectana atlantica Walckenaer, 1841 Plectana cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) Plectana elipsoides Walckenaer, 1841 Plectana lata (Walckenaer, 1805) Plectana quinqueserrata Walckenaer, 1841 Plectana servillei (Guérin, 1825) Plectana sexserrata Walckenaer, 1841 Plectana triserrata Walckenaer, 1841 Plectana velitaris (C. L. Koch, 1837) Vibradellus carolinus Chamberlin, 1925

Gasteracantha cancriformis^[2] (spinybacked orbweaver) is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae). It is widely distributed in the New World.^[1]

The genus name Gasteracantha derives from the Greek words γαστήρ (gaster, "belly") and ἄκανθα (acantha, "thorn"), while the specific epithet cancriformis derives from the Latin words cancer ("crab") and forma ("shape, form, appearance").