Xantho pilipes
Species of crab
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Xantho pilipes, or Risso's crab, is a species of crab from the family Xanthidae, named for the naturalist Antoine Risso.[1]
| Xantho pilipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Xantho |
| Species: | X. pilipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Xantho pilipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) | |
Description
Ecology
Xantho pilipes lives in seawater up to depths of 100 m (330 ft). It hides under rocks and in coarse gravel.[5]
Distribution
Xantho pilipes is found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic.[6] It is common off the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.[7][8]
