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Checklist for Subfamily Gasteracanthinae Elgar & al., 1990
and region Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
355
1465
4209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
326
1358
3854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
76
546
1963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
71
536
1952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
61
512
1744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
60
511
1743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
161
656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAraneidae
Simon, 1895
Golden orb web spiders, Indet. Spider, Nephila web spiders
37
105
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyGasteracanthinae
Elgar & al., 1990
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
2 Genera with 6 Species
Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1864Spiny Backed Orb Weaver5SpeciesTaxom
Thelacantha Hasselt, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
6 Species
Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758Crab spider
Gasteracantha fornicata (Johan Christ..., 1775)⇒ Gasteracantha sauteri Maria Dahl, 1914
Gasteracantha hasselti Carl Ludwig ..., 1837Hasselt's Spiny Spider
Gasteracantha taeniata Charles Atha..., 1842
Gasteracantha westringi Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Thelacantha brevispina Doleschall, 1857

Subnodes of Gasteracanthinae with occurrences in Polynesia
TribeCaerostrini
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeGasteracanthini
Elgar & al., 1990
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom