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title: "Aranha-caranguejo"
description: "Heteropoda venatoria — Insetos e aranhas. Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pantropical-huntsman-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Aranha-caranguejo

> Heteropoda venatoria — Insetos e aranhas. Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders.

- Scientific name: *Heteropoda venatoria*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 29966
- Wikidata: [Q1147592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1147592)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48765](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48765)

## Names

- en: Pantropical Huntsman Spider
- de: Warmhaus-Riesenkrabbenspinne
- es: Araña cangrejo gigante
- fr: Babouk
- nl: Bananenspin
- pt: Aranha-caranguejo

## Countries with the most observations

US (2741), MX (1803), TW (1773), TH (1229), HK (1161), IN (1019), JP (998), BR (966), SG (931), ID (697), LK (507), PR (452)

## Summary

Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world, and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include giant crab spider, pantropical huntsman spider, cane spider, African Huntsman Spider, or giant mombasa spider .

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

## Photo

![Aranha-caranguejo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pantropical-huntsman-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: kcthetc1 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192857160

## Machine access

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