2, see text Caribena is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in the Antilles.

[1] Apart from a different distribution – Avicularia species are found in mainland South and Central America – Caribena is distinguished by having longer and thinner type II urticating hairs in a conspicuous patch on the upper surface of the abdomen.

Species of Caribena are distinguished from those of related genera by the possession of long (more than 1 mm) and very thin (less than 9 μm) type II urticating hairs carried on a conspicuous patch on the upper rear surface of the abdomen.

Males have a pointed outgrowth (process) on the retrolateral lobe of the cymbium of the palpal bulb.

[2] As of July 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species, both transferred from the genus Avicularia:[1]