Madacantha is a genus of East African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Madacantha nossibeana. It was first described by M. Emerit in 1970,[2] and has only been found in Madagascar.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Madacantha Emerit, 1970[1] |
| Species: | M. nossibeana
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| Binomial name | |
| Madacantha nossibeana (Strand, 1916)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Madacantha Emerit, 1970". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Emerit, M. (1970). "A propos de Gasteracantha nossibeana Strand, 1916, type d'un nouveau genre: Madacantha (Araneidae, Argiopidae) (un nouveau cas de vicariance malgache)". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 41: 842–853.
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