''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 ...

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

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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 ''Xantho hydrophilus'', the furrowed crab or Montagu's crab, is a species of crab from the family Xanthidae. It is yellowish-brown and grows to a carapace width of . It is a nocturnal omnivore that lives in shallow marine waters from western Sco ...

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Xantho granulicarpus ''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 ...

'' Forest, 1953 *''

'' (Herbst, 1790) *'' Xantho pilipes'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 *''

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 ...

'' (Olivi, 1792) *''

Xantho sexdentatus ''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 ...

'' (Miers, 1881) Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.

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Xanthoidea Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean Miocene crustaceans Pliocene crustaceans Pleistocene crustaceans {{crab-stub