Species notes
About Nephila antipodiana
Nephila antipodiana is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Trichonephila antipodiana (also recorded as Batik Golden Web Spider), an accepted species in the family Araneidae, within the order Araneae. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Australia (Christmas Is.), Indonesia (New Guinea), Indonesia (Sulawesi), Malaysia to Solomon Is., and Papua Newguinea. Spiders are arachnids rather than insects: adults have eight legs, no antennae and a body divided into two main regions.
- Common name
- Batik Golden Web Spider
- Family
- Araneidae
- Order
- Araneae
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Australia (Christmas Is.), Indonesia (New Guinea), Indonesia (Sulawesi), Malaysia to Solomon Is., Papua Newguinea
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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