Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 76

Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792)

Fig. 85

Material examined

SPAIN − Canary Islands, Gran Canaria • 2 ♂♂ (25.6 ×15.6, 29.3 × 18.2); Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ; Anatael Cabrera leg.; MNCN20.04/03549 • 1 ♂ (29.7 ×18.4); Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, San Cristóbal beach ; MNCN20.04/41932 .

Remarks

Specimens MNCN20.04/03549 were labelled as “Sin determinar” (undetermined), and assigned to Xanthidae , the male MNCN20.04/41932 was mixed with X. hydrophilus as Grapsidae .

For identification, see also Drach & Forest (1953) and Zariquiey Álvarez (1968).

Figures

Fig. 85. Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792). A−E. Specimens MNCN20.04/03549. F−H. Specimen MNCN20.04/41932. Scale bars = 1 cm.