Gasteracantha es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Araneidae. Se encuentra en Asia, África y (Gasteracantha cancriformis) en América.

Según The World Spider Catalog 12.0: - Gasteracantha aciculata (Pocock, 1899) - Gasteracantha acutispina Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 - Gasteracantha beccarii Thorell, 1877 - Gasteracantha biloba (Thorell, 1878) - Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Gasteracantha clarki Emerit, 1974 - Gasteracantha clavatrix (Walckenaer, 1842) - Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863 - Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877 - Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) - Gasteracantha curvistyla Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha cuspidata C. L. Koch, 1837 - Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900 - Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887 - Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) - Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877 - Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873 - Gasteracantha fasciata Guérin, 1838 - Gasteracantha flava Nicolet, 1849 - Gasteracantha fornicata (Fabricius, 1775) - Gasteracantha frontata Blackwall, 1864 - Gasteracantha gambeyi Simon, 1877 - Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) - Gasteracantha hasselti C. L. Koch, 1837 - Gasteracantha hecata (Walckenaer, 1842) - Gasteracantha interrupta Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha irradiata (Walckenaer, 1842) - Gasteracantha janopol Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 - Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 - Gasteracantha lepelletieri (Guérin, 1825) - Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838 - Gasteracantha martensi Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha mediofusca (Doleschall, 1859) - Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864 - Gasteracantha metallica (Pocock, 1898) - Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873 - Gasteracantha notata Kulczyn'ski, 1910 - Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873 - Gasteracantha parangdiadesmia Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 - Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1842) - Gasteracantha picta (Thorell, 1892) - Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 - Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1877 - Gasteracantha regalis Butler, 1873 - Gasteracantha remifera Butler, 1873 - Gasteracantha rhomboidea Guérin, 1838 - Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 - Gasteracantha rufithorax Simon, 1881 - Gasteracantha sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872 - Gasteracantha sanguinea Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 - Gasteracantha sapperi Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha sauteri Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha scintillans Butler, 1873 - Gasteracantha signifera Pocock, 1898 - Gasteracantha simoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 - Gasteracantha sororna Butler, 1873 - Gasteracantha sturi (Doleschall, 1857) - Gasteracantha subaequispina Dahl, 1914 - Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1842) - Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 - Gasteracantha thomasinsulae Archer, 1951 - Gasteracantha thorelli Keyserling, 1864 - Gasteracantha tondanae Pocock, 1897 - Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837 - Gasteracantha unguifera Simon, 1889 - Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1842) - Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864