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'''Tarantox''' is one of the bosses in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', being a giant spider monster that is seemingly related to the [[Spoing]]s and [[Sprangler]]s. He is found wrapped up in a web inside the [[Space_Junk_Galaxy#Phantom_Boss_Spider_Zonea|Phantom Boss Spider Zone]] in the [[Space Junk Galaxy]]. His name is a portmanteau of "tarantula" and "toxic". The music while fighting Tarantox is the same as while fighting both versions of [[Dino Piranha]].

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

Tarantox has three wide oval eyes, wings, and a nozzle-like mouth. His feet are similar to suction cups. He has horizontal stripes on his body, two small pairs of insect-like wings, four glowing growths on his sides, and one giant one on his behind. He attacks Mario by flailing his legs around and spitting acid from his smaller buttons. He also has three large growths on his underside, which Mario must pop.

This battle makes extensive use of Sling Pods. To defeat Tarantox, Mario must use Sling Pods and throw himself at the largest glowing growth (the one on Tarantox's rear) to pop it. Mario can also sling himself either at Tarantox's eyes or at the bumps on his side, which will cause the spider to cover his face in pain, rendering him stunned for a very short period of time. Once Mario hits the growth on Tarantox's rear, the spider will fall upside down, revealing three more red bumps on his underbelly. If Mario pops all of them, the spider regains his feet and attacks faster. During the second round, the side glowing buttons start blasting toxic liquid so it is harder for Mario to hit Tarantox. If Mario repeats the procedure one more time, Tarantox is defeated, falls through his web, and goes flying into space, revealing a [[Power Star]] which Mario has to use a Sling Pod to collect.