Tags: Crustacean.

Xantho hydrophilus (also known as Xantho incisus and various other scientific names) is a species of crab. It is yellowish-brown and grows to a carapace width of 70 mm (2.8 in). It is a nocturnal herbivore that lives in shallow marine waters from western Scotland to the Cape Verde Islands.

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binomial authority
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst
class
Malacostraca
family
Xanthidae
genus
Xantho
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*Cancer floridus (Montagu 1808), *Cancer hydrophilus (Herbst 1790), *Cancer incisus (Leach 1814), *Xantho incisus (Leach 1814)

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