Caledonia, Guam G. rufithorax Simon, 1881 – Madagascar G. sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872 – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia G. sanguinea Dahl, 1914 – Philippines G. sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 – Africa, Yemen (mainland, Socotra), Seychelles Gasteracantha s. andrefanae Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar Gasteracantha s. bigoti Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar Gasteracantha s. emeriti Roberts, 1983 – Seychelles (Aldabra) Gasteracantha s. insulicola Emerit, 1974 – Seychelles Gasteracantha s. legendrei Emerit, 1974 – Europa Is. Gasteracantha s. mangrovae Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar G. sapperi Dahl, 1914 – New Guinea G. sauteri Dahl, 1914 – China, Taiwan, Vietnam G. scintillans Butler, 1873 – Solomon Is. G. signifera Pocock, 1898 – Solomon Is. Gasteracantha s. bistrigella Strand, 1911 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) Gasteracantha s. heterospina Strand, 1915 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) Gasteracantha s. pustulinota Strand, 1911 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) G. simoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 – Central Africa G. sororna Butler, 1873 – India G. sturi (Doleschall, 1857) – Laos, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Moluccas G. subaequispina Dahl, 1914 – Borneo, New Guinea G. taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) – India to Polynesia Gasteracantha t. analispina Strand, 1911 – New Guinea Gasteracantha t. anirensis Strand, 1911 – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland) Gasteracantha t. lugubris Simon, 1898 – Solomon Is. Gasteracantha t. novahannoveriana Dahl, 1914 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) G. theisi Guérin, 1838 – Indonesia, New Guinea G. thomasinsulae Archer, 1951 – São Tomé and Príncipe G. thorelli Keyserling, 1864 – Madagascar G. tondanae Pocock, 1897 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) G. transversa C. L. Koch, 1837 – Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) G. unguifera Simon, 1889 – China, India G. versicolor (Walckenaer, 1841) – Central, East, Southern Africa Gasteracantha v. avaratrae Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar Gasteracantha v. formosa Vinson, 1863 – Madagascar G. westringi Keyserling, 1864 – Australia, Admiralty Is., New Caledonia Gallery References External links Video of a spiny orbweaver's heart beating Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Carl Jakob Sundevall