Xantho | |
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Xantho poressa | |
Scientific 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
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Species[1] | |
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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]
Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.[4]