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Gasteracanthinae
15 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Spiny Orbweavers
genusGasteracantha

Austracantha
genusAustracantha
Macracantha
genusMacracantha

Thelacantha
genusThelacantha

Boxkite Spiders
genusIsoxya

Acrosomoides
genusAcrosomoides

Actinacantha
genusActinacantha

Augusta
genusAugusta

Togacantha
genusTogacantha

Spiny-backed Orb-web Spiders
genusAfracantha

Aetrocantha
genusAetrocantha

Hypsacantha
genusHypsacantha

Madacantha
genusMadacantha

Gastroxya
genusGastroxya
Parmatergus
genusParmatergus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1004909.