Araniella | |
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Araniella cucurbitina from Eckernförde, Germany | |
Araniella displicata from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Araniella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942[1] |
Type species | |
A. displicata (Hentz, 1847)
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Species | |
18, see text |
Araniella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942.[2] The genus includes Araniella cucurbitina, the cucumber green spider.