Xantho

Xantho is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing five extant species,[2] 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:[3]

  • 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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Xantho
Leach, 1814[1]
Type species
Xantho hydrophilus
Leach, 1814
Species[1]

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Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.[4]

References

  1. P. Davie; M. Türkay (2009). "Xantho Leach, 1814". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  3. S. Reuschel & C. D. Schubart. "Phylogeny and geographic differentiation of Atlanto–Mediterranean species of the genus Xantho (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) based on genetic and morphometric analyses". Marine Biology. 148 (4): 853–866. doi:10.1007/s00227-005-0095-1.
  4. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.


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