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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
62
204
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
56
197
307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
37
163
258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
35
160
255
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
31
156
244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
31
156
244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
76
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
13
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Comoro Islands
13 Genera with 13 Species
Aculepeira Chamberlin &..., 18751SpeciesTaxom
Arachnura Vinson, 1863Tailed spider1SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1924Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Araniella Chamberlin &..., 1847Cucumber spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1997Garden orbweavers1SpeciesTaxom
Caerostris Thorell, 17932SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1866
Three-lobed Spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1864Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Nuctenea Simon, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Plebs Joseph & Fra..., 19241SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Trichonephila Dahl, 18631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
13 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aculepeira packardi Thorell, 1875
Arachnura scorpionoides Vinson, 1863
Araneus canalae Berland, 1924
Araniella displicata Hentz, 1847Six-spotted orbweaver
Argiope comorica Bjørn, 1997
Caerostris mayottensis Manfred Gras..., 1984
Caerostris sexcuspidata Johan Christ..., 1793African bark orb-web spider
Gasteracantha rhomboidea Félix Édouar..., 1838
Gasteracantha rhomboidea comorensis Strand, 1917
Gasteracantha westringi Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Larinioides cornutus Clerck, 1758Furrow orb spider
Plebs neocaledonicus Berland, 1924
Poltys horridus George Hazel..., 1980
Trichonephila inaurata madagascariensis Vinson, 1863

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Comoro Islands
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
8
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Araneidae at artfakta.se
Araneidae at biodiversity.org.au
Araneidae at dyntaxa.se
Araneidae at gbif.org
Araneidae at irmng.org
Araneidae at itis.gov