Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Golden Web Spider
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
()
- Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
()
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
()
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
()
- Subclass:
Micrura
()
- Order:
Araneae
()
- C. Clerck, 1757
- Spiders
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
()
- Pocock, 1892
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
()
- Smith, 1902
- Superfamily:
Araneoidea
()
- C. Clerck, 1757
- Family:
Nephilidae
()
- Simon, 1894
- Genus:
Nephila
()
- Leach, 1815
- Specific name:
pilipes
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Scientific name: - Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)
- Specific name:
pilipes
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Genus:
Nephila
(
- Family:
Nephilidae
(
- Superfamily:
Araneoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
(
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
(
- Order:
Araneae
(
- Subclass:
Micrura
(
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
(
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
(
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
(
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aranea longipes Fabricius • Aranea maculata Fabricius • Aranea pilipes Fabricius • Aranea sebae Walckenaer • Epeira caliginosa Walckenaer • Epeira chrysogaster Walckenaer • Epeira doreyana Walckenaer • Epeira fuscipes Walckenaer • Epeira harpyia Doleschall • Epeira penicillum Doleschall • Meta ornata L. Koch • Nephila aurosa L. Koch • Nephila chrysogaster O. P. -Cambridge • Nephila fuscipes C. L. Koch • Nephila maculata Saito • Nephila ornata Blackwall • Nephila pecuniosa L. Koch • Nephila procera L. Koch • Nephila submaculata Strand • Nephila sulphurosa L. Koch • Nephila tenuipes L. Koch
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 05-Jan-2008
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nephila
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. antipodiana (Batik Golden Web Spider) · N. clavipes (Golden Silk Orbweaver) · N. madagascarensis (Golden Orb Weaver Spider) · N. pilipes (Golden Web Spider)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 149 1980 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 17.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 157.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 16, p. 205, p. 205, p. 311, p. 433.
- Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu, by A. Donaldson Smith. .. London, E. Arnold, 1897. url p. 387.
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 57.
- Wissenschaftliche ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Africa-Expedition, 1907-1908: unter Fhrung Adolf Friedrichs, herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1910- url p. 367.
Notes
Contributors
- American Plant Food Company, 7405 River Road, Bethesda MD.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 09, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- SpidCat: The World Spider Catalog. Release date: January 7, 2008
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 09, 2008:
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-013960
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 226931
