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Checklist for Family Araneidae Simon, 1895 (Golden orb web spiders)
and region Pacific Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
100
384
817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
83
361
793
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
43
288
672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
42
287
671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
38
279
664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
38
279
664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
73
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
17
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Pacific Ocean
17 Genera with 31 Species
Anepsion Strand, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Aranea Linnaeus, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Araneus Clerck, 1887Angulate & roundshouldered orbweavers4SpeciesTaxom
Argiope Audouin, 1775Garden orbweavers3SpeciesTaxom
Artifex Kallal & Hor..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Cyclosa Menge, 1886Three-lobed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Cyphalonotus Simon, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophora Simon, 1857Tent spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Eriophora Simon, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Eriovixia Archer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1872Spiny Backed Orb Weaver3SpeciesTaxom
Gea C. L. Koch, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Larinioides Caporiacco, 1758Furrow spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Micropoltys Kulczyński, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Neoscona Simon, 1842Spotted orbweavers2SpeciesTaxom
Parawixia F. O. P.-Cam..., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Poltys C. L. Koch, 18431SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pacific Ocean
31 Species
Anepsion jacobsoni Chrysanthus, 1961
Aranea thoracica (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Scytodes thoracica Latreille, 1802
Araneus balanus Doleschall, 1859
Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1758Cross orbweaver
Araneus omoedus (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Gibbaranea omoeda Thorell, 1870
Araneus sydneyicus Keyserling, 1887
Argiope catenulata Doleschall, 1859Grass cross spider
Argiope jinghongensis Chang-Min Yi..., 1994
Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775Banded Argiope
Artifex melanopyga L.Koch, 1871
Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)⇒ Cyclosa omonaga Tanikawa, 1992
Cyclosa vallata Keyserling, 1886
Cyphalonotus elongatus Chang-Min Yi..., 1994
Cyrtophora citricola Forsskål, 1775Global tentweb weaver
Cyrtophora cylindroides Charles Atha..., 1842
Cyrtophora exanthematica (Doleschall, 1859)⇒ Gasteracantha falcicornis Arthur Gardi..., 1873
Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Cyrtophora ikomosanensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Eriophora pustulosa Walckenaer, 1841Garden orbweb spider
Eriophora transmarina Keyserling, 1865Australian garden orb weaver spider
Eriovixia laglaizei Eugène Simon, 1877
Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha hasselti Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Hasselt's Spiny Spider
Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Gea heptagon Nicholas Mar..., 1850Heptagonal Orbweaver
Gea spinipes Carl Ludwig ..., 1843
Larinioides patagiatus Clerck, 1758Ornamental Orbweaver
Micropoltys heatherae H.M. Smith &..., 2010
Neoscona nautica L. Koch, 1875Orb weavers
Neoscona theisi Walckenaer, 1842Spider
Parawixia dehaani Doleschall, 1859
Poltys illepidus C. L. Koch, 1843

Subnodes of Araneidae with occurrences in Pacific Ocean
SubfamilyAraneinae
Simon, 1895
11
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyArgiopinae
Simon, 1890
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCyrtophorinae
Simon, 1895
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
1
3
Genus
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