''Xantho'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Xanthidae, containing five extant species,
all restricted to the north-east
Atlantic Ocean
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and
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
, although ''
Xantho granulicarpis'' is not universally recognised as a separate species from ''
Xantho hydrophilus'':
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Xantho granulicarpus''
Forest, 1953
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Xantho hydrophilus''
(Herbst, 1790)
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Xantho pilipes''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
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Xantho poressa
''Xantho poressa'', the jaguar round crab, is a species of crab from the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is one of four species in the genus ''Xantho''.
Description
The juveniles of ''X. poressa'' are cryptically coloured as camouflage among the epib ...
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(Olivi, 1792)
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Xantho sexdentatus''
(Miers, 1881)
Five species are known from the
fossil record, including one species that is still extant.
References
Xanthoidea
Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
Miocene crustaceans
Pliocene crustaceans
Pleistocene crustaceans
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