Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Xanthoidea > Family Xanthidae > Subfamily Xanthinae > Genus Xantho

Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xantho*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name
*Cancer (Xantho)*	Leach, 1814	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Risso's crab

Literature

original description	Milne-Edwards, A. (1867). Descriptions de quelques espèces nouvelles de Crustacés Brachyoures. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, série 4. 7: 263–288.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107441