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Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798)

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Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798)
Spiny Orb Weaver
Spiny Orb Weaver
Spiny Orb Weaver
Spiny Orb Weaver
Spiny Orb Weaver
Spiny Orb Weaver
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Spiny Orb Weaver
Spiny Orb Weaver
Spiny Orb Weaver
🗒 Synonyms
synonymAranea geminata Fabricius, 1798
synonymGasteracantha connata Butler, 1873
synonymGasteracantha rimata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
synonymPlectana geminata Walckenaer, 1841
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References
Fabricius, J. C. (1798). Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Hafniae, 572 pp. (Araneae, pp. 291-294).
Siddharth Kulkarni and Swara Yadav
Attributions Siddharth Kulkarni and Swara Yadav
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Siddharth Kulkarni
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    📚 Habitat and Distribution
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    Global Distribution

    India, Sri Lanka

    Compiled from the World Spider Catalog v.15.5 and related literature
    Attributions Compiled from the World Spider Catalog v.15.5 and related literature
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      References
      1. Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301.
      1. Butler, A. G. (1873a). A monographic list of the species of Gasteracantha or crab-spiders, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 153-180.
      1. Koch, C. L. (1837a). Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 105-119, Vierter Band, pp. 1-108.
      1. Fabricius, J. C. (1798). Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Hafniae, 572 pp. (Araneae, pp. 291-294).
      1. Tikader, B. K. (1982a). Family Araneidae (=Argiopidae), typical orbweavers. Fauna India (Araneae) 2: 1-293.
      1. Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris 2, 1-549.
      1. Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Park, J. E., Jang, J. H. & Son, J. H. (2013b). Redescription of Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) (Araneae: Araneidae) from Sri Lanka. Korean Arachnology 29: 175-181.
      1. Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. London, pp. 1-279.
      1. Sankaran, P. M., Jobi, M. J. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015). Redescription of the orb-weaving spider Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 3915(1): 147-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.10
      1. Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris 1, 761-1084.
      1. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      4. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      5. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      6. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      7. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      8. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      9. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      10. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      11. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      12. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      13. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      14. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      15. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      16. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      17. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      18. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      19. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      20. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      21. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      22. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      23. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      24. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      25. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      26. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      27. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      28. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      29. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      30. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      31. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      32. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      33. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      34. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      35. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      36. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      37. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      38. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      39. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      1. World Spider Catalog (2018). World Spider Catalog. Version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, accessed on 25/09/2018. doi: 10.24436/101
      Information Listing > References
      1. Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301.
      2. Butler, A. G. (1873a). A monographic list of the species of Gasteracantha or crab-spiders, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 153-180.
      3. Koch, C. L. (1837a). Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 105-119, Vierter Band, pp. 1-108.
      4. Fabricius, J. C. (1798). Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. Hafniae, 572 pp. (Araneae, pp. 291-294).
      5. Tikader, B. K. (1982a). Family Araneidae (=Argiopidae), typical orbweavers. Fauna India (Araneae) 2: 1-293.
      6. Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris 2, 1-549.
      7. Kim, J. P., Ye, S. H., Park, J. E., Jang, J. H. & Son, J. H. (2013b). Redescription of Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) (Araneae: Araneidae) from Sri Lanka. Korean Arachnology 29: 175-181.
      8. Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. London, pp. 1-279.
      9. Sankaran, P. M., Jobi, M. J. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015). Redescription of the orb-weaving spider Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 3915(1): 147-150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.10
      10. Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris 1, 761-1084.
      11. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      12. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      13. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      14. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      15. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      16. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      17. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      18. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      19. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      20. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      21. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      22. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      23. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      24. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      25. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      26. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      27. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      28. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      29. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      30. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      31. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      32. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      33. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      34. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      35. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      36. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      37. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      38. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
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      40. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      41. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      42. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      43. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      44. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      45. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      46. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      47. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      48. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      49. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 279-293.
      50. World Spider Catalog (2018). World Spider Catalog. Version 19.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, accessed on 25/09/2018. doi: 10.24436/101

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      RootRoot
      KingdomAnimalia
      PhylumArthropoda
      ClassArachnida
      OrderAraneae
      FamilyAraneidae
      GenusGasteracantha
      SpeciesGasteracantha geminata (Fabricius 1798)
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