Xantho
| Xantho | |
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| Xantho poressa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: |
Xantho Leach, 1814 |
| Type species | |
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Xantho hydrophilus Leach, 1814 |
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| Species | |
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See text.
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 from Xantho hydrophilus:
Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.
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