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Xantho
Sign in to saveXantho 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:
Species
Genus
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderTubificida
- FamilyNaididae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 396
- With media
- 114
- Family
- Xanthidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, YPM, AMNH, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Angola, Senegal, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Marshall Islands, Algeria, Lebanon, United States
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- Xantho
- taxon name
- Xantho
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Xantho
- taxon common name
- Granchio mezzaluna
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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: 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.
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