Xantho poressa

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
Species:
X. poressa
Binomial name
Xantho poressa
(Olivi, 1792)
Synonyms [1]
  • Alpheus tinctor Weber, 1795 (nomen nudum)
  • Cancer poressa Olivi, 1792
  • Cancer tinctor Fabricius, 1798
  • Xantho rivulosa Risso, 1827

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.[2]

  1. ^ C. Fransen; M. Türkay (2007). "Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  2. ^ S. Reuschel & C. D. Schubart (2006). "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.