• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Crustacea
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Subclass: Eumalacostraca
  • Superorder: Eucarida
  • Order: Decapoda
  • Suborder: Pleocyemata
  • Infraorder: Brachyura
  • Family: Xanthidae
  • Scientific name: Xantho pilipes
  • Norwegian: marmorkrabbe

Characteristics:

This is among the smaller crabs, the carapace may reach a maximum width of 4 cm. The color is reddish or pale brown. The claw tips are black. The edge between the eyes are smooth, without any teeth.

Habitat:

The Risso's crab is found on depths down to approximately 100 meters. It prefers to hide under rocks or buried in coarse gravel.

Distribution:

It is widespread in the East Atlantic Ocean, from the west coast of Africa to Scandinavia.