Risso's Crab

Xantho pilipes

• Group: Crab

Risso's crab turns up among kelp forest, foraging low on the food chain over the rocky bottom. A stout little mud crab, it tucks into the cover of the fronds and holdfasts where the kelp meets the rock.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Xanthidae › Xantho

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 107441.