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title: "Spotted Monaeses Crab Spider"
description: "Monaeses paradoxus — Insekten & Spinnen. Monaeses paradoxus is a species of spider in the family Thomisidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/spotted-monaeses-crab-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Monaeses Crab Spider

> Monaeses paradoxus — Insekten & Spinnen. Monaeses paradoxus is a species of spider in the family Thomisidae.

- Scientific name: *Monaeses paradoxus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 370
- Wikidata: [Q2086319](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2086319)
- iNaturalist taxon: [676207](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/676207)

## Names

- en: Spotted Monaeses Crab Spider

## Countries with the most observations

ES (224), PT (41), IT (39), ZA (11), GR (3)

## Summary

Monaeses paradoxus is a species of spider in the family Thomisidae. It has a very wide distribution and is commonly known as the spotted Monaeses crab spider.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaeses_paradoxus

## Photo

![Spotted Monaeses Crab Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-monaeses-crab-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kaze 719 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326670283

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spotted-monaeses-crab-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).