Species notes
About Gasteracantha hasseltii
Gasteracantha hasselti is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Macracantha hasselti (also recorded as Hasselt's Spiny Spider), an accepted species in the family Araneidae, within the order Araneae. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Java), Indonesia (Sumatra), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Malaysia (Peninsula), Pakistan, India and China to Indonesia, and Singapore. Spiders are arachnids rather than insects: adults have eight legs, no antennae and a body divided into two main regions.
- Common name
- Hasselt's Spiny Spider
- Family
- Araneidae
- Order
- Araneae
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Cambodia, India, Indonesia (Java), Indonesia (Sumatra), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), Malaysia (Peninsula), Pakistan, India and China to Indonesia, Singapore
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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