A small brachyuran crab was collected from the central Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea, Croatia, island Šolta) from 10 m depth near Posidonia oceanica meadow on sandy bottom. Carapace width is approx 15 mm. Any help with identification is appreciated. Our guess is Xantho sp. but not sure. Unfortunately, only a single photo is available, specimen was not preserved.
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Godfried Van Moorsel
Xantho pilipes may be a candidate, but there are at least 20 species of Xanthidae in the Mediterranean, so no guarantee.
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Branko Dragičević
Thank you all for your valuable comments! I hope collection of the specimen will reveal its true identity... once we find it.
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Noureddine Ouerfelli
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_I_get_Excel_data_of_any_published_paper_on_crabs_carapace_size-weight_relationship
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