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title: "Metallic Crab Spider"
description: "Philodromus marxi — Insetti e ragni. Philodromus marxi, the metallic crab spider, is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/metallic-crab-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Metallic Crab Spider

> Philodromus marxi — Insetti e ragni. Philodromus marxi, the metallic crab spider, is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae.

- Scientific name: *Philodromus marxi*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2064
- Wikidata: [Q4161611](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4161611)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153869](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153869)

## Names

- en: Metallic Crab Spider

## Countries with the most observations

US (536), CA (3)

## Summary

Philodromus marxi, the metallic crab spider, is a species of running crab spider in the family Philodromidae. It is found in the United States.  It is a sexually dimorphic species.  The males are smooth with a metallic sheen and the females are bristly white and grey.

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

## Photo

![Metallic Crab Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/metallic-crab-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290012441

## Machine access

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