These webs have a small number of radii and instead of a tight spiral of sticky threads, the sticky spanning threads are widely spaced and do not form a spiral.

The abdomen is broad, wider than long, and is reddish with six main pairs of white markings.

The pair in the middle of the side of the abdomen have a dark central mark and resemble eyeballs.

The median apophysis of the palpal bulb is curved and has a pointed tip.

[5] The genus Cyrtarachne was included in molecular phylogenetic studies in 2014 and 2020 which placed it in the "cyrtarachnines" in the subfamily Cyrtarachninae s.l.