XANTHIDAE, MacLeay, 1838

Mead, A., Carlton, J. T., Griffiths, C. L. & Rius, M., 2011, Introduced and cryptogenic marine and estuarine species of South Africa, Journal of Natural History 45 (39 - 40), pp. 2463-2524 : 2489

Family XANTHIDAE

Xantho incisus Leach, 1814 Introduced

This European crab has distinctive chelipeds, which are large and heavy with black tips. It is found among boulders on shallow stony substrata. In South Africa it is recorded only from the Kleinsee Oyster Farm (west coast) with the first collection made in 2008 ( Haupt et al. 2010a). We consider this an introduction with oyster spat imported from France.