| 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 |
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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]
Five species are known from the fossil record, including one species that is still extant.[3]