Xantho hydrophilus

Xantho hydrophilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Xantho
Species:
X. hydrophilus
Binomial name
Xantho hydrophilus
(Herbst, 1790)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancer floridus Montagu, 1808
  • Cancer hydrophilus Herbst, 1790
  • Cancer incisus Leach, 1814
  • Xantho incisus (Leach, 1814)

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 70 mm (2.8 in). It is a nocturnal omnivore that lives in shallow marine waters from western Scotland to the Cape Verde Islands.

  1. ^ DecaNet (2023). "Xantho hydrophilus (Herbst, 1790)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 December 2023.