Araniella
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| Araniella | |
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| Araniella cucurbitina from Eckernförde, Germany | |
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| Araniella displicata from Woodbridge, Virginia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
| Species | |
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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.
