Xantho

Xantho is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing five extant species, all restricted to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, although Xantho granulicarpis is not universally recognised as a separate species from Xantho hydrophilus:

  • Xantho granulicarpus Forest, 1953
  • Xantho hydrophilus (Herbst, 1790)
  • Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)
  • Xantho sexdentatus (Miers, 1881)

Xantho
Xantho poressa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Xantho
Leach, 1814
Type species
Xantho hydrophilus
Leach, 1814
Species

See text

Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.

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