Xantho
| Xantho | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Xantho poressa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Xantho Leach, 1814 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer incisus Leach, 1814 | |
Xantho is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing five extant species,[1] all restricted to the north-east Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea:[2]
- Xantho granulicarpus Forest, 1953
- Xantho hydrophilus (Herbst, 1790)
- Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)
- Xantho sexdentatus (Miers, 1881)
Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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