Tarantox

Tarantox appeared in 2007 video game called Super Mario Galaxy. Tarantox is one of the bosses in Super Mario Galaxy. It is found wrapped up in a web inside the Phantom Boss Spider Zone in the Space Junk Galaxy. Its name is a portmanteau of the words tarantula and toxic. The music while fighting Tarantox is the same as while fighting Dino Piranha and Fiery Dino Piranha.

Mario reaches it by using a Sling Pod to break the shell off of the Phantom Boss Spider Zone, revealing its web and the spider in a cocoon. Mario then must use another Sling Pod to tear the web and free the spider, then battle it.

Tarantox resembles a combination of Spider from Yoshi's Story and a Scuttlebug from New Super Mario Bros. It has three wide oval eyes, wings, and a Snifit-like mouth. Its feet are similar to suction cups. It has horizontal stripes on its body and five glowing buttons on its sides, one much larger than the others. It attacks Mario by flailing its legs around and spitting acid from its smaller buttons. It also has three large buttons on its underside, which Mario must pop.