Cyrtophorinae
| Cyrtophorinae | |
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| Cyrtophora moluccensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Subfamily: |
Cyrtophorinae Simon, 1895 |
| Genera | |
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Cyrtophorinae is a subfamily of spiders in the orb-weaver spider family. Unlike other orb-weavers, spiders belonging to Cyrtophorinae build horizontal, finely meshed platforms within a tangle of irregular webs. The usually dome-shaped platform is a non-sticky orb web.
Cyrtophorinae includes the following six genera:
Mecynogea lemniscata: courtship
egg sac + prey
egg sac
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