Spiny-backed Orbweaver Gasteracantha cancriformis

Photo: Michiel Oversteegen

Classification

Araneidae [family]
Gasteracantha [genus] (1)
cancriformis [species]

Classification

Araneidae [family]
Gasteracantha [genus] (1)
cancriformis [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Saba
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  • Sint Eustatius
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Publications

    • Pers. comm. Jo-Anne Sewlal.
    • Morpeth, J., Sewlal, J.-A.N. & Starr, C.K. 2016. A preliminary survey for Spiders on St. Eustatius, West Indies. Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club 2016. [link]
    • Slowik, J. & Sikes, D.S. 2011. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Saba Island, Lesser Antilles: Unusually high species richness indicates the Caribbean Biodiversity Hotspot is woefully undersampled. Insecta Mundi 177: 1-9.
    • Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife.