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 poressa (Olivi, 1792)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Cancer poressa*	Olivi, 1792	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gërthia ballëlëmuar e brigjeve sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Russian: лиловый краб; фиолетовый краб sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Краб пореса; Краб-водолюб; Ксанто пореса; фіолетовий краб

Literature

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

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792). 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:107442