ARANEIDAE
(orb spiders, orb-weavers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
 (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
Species 25 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 3 subtaxa 69 images
 (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Species 26 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 14 images
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Species 15 images
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
Species 24 images
Female (Click to open)
Genus 3 subtaxa 34 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyARANEIDAE (orb spiders, orb-weavers)
OrderARANEAE (spiders)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

ARANEIDAE (orb spiders, orb-weavers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARANEIDAE (orb spiders, orb-weavers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ARANEIDAE (orb spiders, orb-weavers)
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