Nearctic States & Provinces: FL LA SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16007
Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
spinybacked orbweaver
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833
Species: Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
spinybacked orbweaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: New World
Nearctic States & Provinces:
FL LA SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
orb weavers
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Bartlett, Troy
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus 1758 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Linnaeus 1758 |
| Aranea tetracantha Linnaeus 1767 |
| Aranea conchata Slabber 1769 |
| Aranea tetracantha Pallas 1772 |
| Aranea hexacantha Fabricius 1787 |
| Epeira lata Walckenaer 1805 |
| Epeira servillei Guérin 1825 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Sundevall 1833 |
| Acrosoma hexacantha Hahn 1834 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Gasteracantha hexacantha C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Gasteracantha velitaris C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Plectana atlantica Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana cancriformis Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana elipsoides Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana hexacantha Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana lata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana quinqueserrata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana servillei Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana sexserrata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana triserrata Walckenaer 1842 |
| Plectana velitaris Walckenaer 1842 |
| Gasteracantha mammosa C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Gasteracantha pallida C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Gasteracantha picea C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Gasteracantha quadridens C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Gasteracantha rubiginosa C. L. Koch 1844 |
| Epeira cancer Hentz 1850 |
| Gasteracantha hilaris Thorell 1859 |
| Gasteracantha insulana Thorell 1859 |
| Gasteracantha moesta Thorell 1859 |
| Gasteracantha columbiae Giebel 1863 |
| Dicantha lata Butler 1873 |
| Gasteracantha kochii Butler 1873 |
| Micrathena triserrata Butler 1873 |
| Gasteracantha oldendorffii Holmberg 1876 |
| Gasteracantha insulana Butler 1877 |
| Gasteracantha callida O. P.-Cambridge 1879 |
| Gasteracantha canestrinii O. P.-Cambridge 1879 |
| Gasteracantha proboscidea Taczanowski 1879 |
| Gasteracantha raimondii Taczanowski 1879 |
| Gasteracantha raimondii unicolor Taczanowski 1879 |
| Gasteracantha rufospinosa Marx 1886 |
| Gasteracantha hexacantha Keyserling 1892 |
| Gasteracantha elliptica Gétaz 1893 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis McCook 1894 |
| Gasteracantha maura McCook 1894 |
| Gasteracantha pallida McCook 1894 |
| Gasteracantha preciosa McCook 1894 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis F. O. P.-Cambridge 1901 |
| Gasteracantha canestrinii F. O. P.-Cambridge 1901 |
| Gasteracantha kochii F. O. P.-Cambridge 1901 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904 |
| Gasteracantha kochii F. O. P.-Cambridge 1904 |
| Gasteracantha biolleyi Banks 1905 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Dahl 1914 |
| Gasteracantha servillei Dahl 1914 |
| Gasteracantha tetracantha Dahl 1914 |
| Gasteracantha kochi joinvillensis Strand 1916 |
| Gasteracantha mascula Strand 1916 |
| Gasteracantha comstocki Mello-Leitao 1917 |
| Vibradellus carolinus Chamberlin 1925 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Petrunkevitch 1930 |
| Gasteracantha tetracantha Petrunkevitch 1930 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Archer 1941 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Benoit 1964 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Levi 1978 |
| Gasteracantha tetracantha Wunderlich 1986 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Levi 1996 |
| Gasteracantha cancriformis Levi 2002 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1941. Supplement to the Argiopidae of Alabama. Mus. Pap. geol. Surv. Ala 18: 1-47.
Banks, N. 1905. Arachnids from Cocos Island. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 7: 20-23.
Benoit, P. L. G. 1964. Nouvelle contribution à la connaissance des Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Araneae). Publções cult. Co. Diam. Angola 69: 41-52.
Butler, A. G. 1873. A monographic list of the species of Gasteracantha or crab-spiders, with descriptions of new species. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873: 153-180.
Butler, A., G. 1877. Myriopoda and Arachnida. In Günther, A., Account of the zoological collection made during the visit of H. M. S. "Peterel" to the Galapagos Islands. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 75-77.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1904. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 465-560.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1901. On a collection of spiders from the Bahama Islands made by J. L. Bonhote, Esq., with characters of a new genus and species of Mygalomorphae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 7: 322-332.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1879. On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879: 279-293.
Chamberlin, R. V. 1925. Diagnoses of new American Arachnida. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 67: 209-248.
Dahl, F. 1914. Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin 7: 235-301.
Fabricius, J. C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Halfniae, vol. 1, 348 pp. (Araneae, pp. 342-346).
Gétaz, A. 1893. Fauna arachnologica de Costa Rica. Ann. Inst. fís.-geogr. nac. Costa-Rica 4: 103-106.
Giebel, C. G. 1863. Drei und zwanzig neue und einige bekannte Spinnen der Hallischen Sammlung. Zeitschr. gesam. Naturw. 21: 306-328.
Guérin-Méneville, F. E. 1825. Epeira. In Encycl. méth. Hist. nat. Ent. 10: 263; 331; 416; 419; 546; 593; 622; 625; 750; 758; 763; 777.
Hahn, C. W. 1834. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zweite Band, pp. 17-56.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Holmberg, E., L. 1876. Arácnidos argentinos. Ann. agr. Rep. Argentina 4: 1-30.
Keyserling, E. 1892. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 1-208.
Koch, C. L. 1844. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Eilfter Band, pp. 1-174.
Koch, C. L. 1837. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 105-119, Vierter Band, pp. 1-108.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562.
Levi, H. W. 1996. The American orb weavers Hypognatha, Encyosaccus, Xylethrus, Gasteracantha, and Enacrosoma (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 155: 89-157.
Levi, H. W. 1978. The American orb-weaver genera Colphepeira, Micrathena and Gasteracantha north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 148: 417-442.
Levi, H. W. 1978. Orb-webs and phylogeny of orb-weavers. Symp. zool. Soc. Lond. 42: 1-15.
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Holmiae, 1(2): 533-1327 (Araneae, pp. 1030-1037).
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae, 821 pp. (Araneae, pp. 619-624).
Marx, G. 1886. Description of Gasteracantha rufospinosa. Ent. Amer. 2: 25-26.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Mello-Leitao, C. F. de. 1917. Notas arachnologicas. 5, Especies novas ou pouco conhecidas do Brasil. Broteria 15: 74-102.
Pallas, P. S. 1772. Spicilegia zoologica. Tomus 1. Continens quadrupedium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, molluscorum aliorumque marinorum fasciculos decem. Berolini, 1(9): 44-50.
Petrunkevitch, A. 1930. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 30: 159-356.
Slabber, M. 1769. Natuur Verlustiging. Haarlem, 18 pts.
Strand, E. 1916. Systematische-faunistiche Studien über paläarktische, afrikanische und amerikanische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Arch. Naturg. 81(A9): 1-153.
Sundevall, J. C. 1833. Conspectus Arachnidum. Londini Gothorum, pp. 1-39.
Taczanowski, L. 1879. Les aranéides du Pérou central (suite). Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 15: 102-136.
Thorell, T. 1859. Nya exotiska Epeirider. Öfvers. Kongl. vet. Akad. Förh. 16: 299-304.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1805. Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris, 88 pp.
Wunderlich, J. 1986. Spinnenfauna gestern und heute: Fossile Spinnen in Bernstein und ihre heute lebenden Verwandten. Quelle & Meyer, Wiesbaden.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833‡‡
G. cancriformis gertschi Archer, 1941 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution