see text. The European garden spider ( Araneus diadematus) or diadem spider, also called the cross spider in Eastern Europe, is a very common and well-known Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Arachnids are a class ( Arachnida) of joint-legged Invertebrate Animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The Araneomorphae are a Suborder of Spiders They are distinguished by having Chelicerae (fangs that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action The Entelegynae are a subgroup of araneomorph spiders Almost all members of this group unlike most members of Haplogynae, have eight eyes and females have Spider taxonomy is the Alpha taxonomy of the Spiders members of the Araneae order of the arthropod