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title: "Montagu's Crab"
description: "Xantho hydrophilus — Weitere Tiere. Xantho hydrophilus, the furrowed crab or Montagu's crab, is a species of crab from the family Xanthidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/montagu-s-crab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Montagu's Crab

> Xantho hydrophilus — Weitere Tiere. Xantho hydrophilus, the furrowed crab or Montagu's crab, is a species of crab from the family Xanthidae.

- Scientific name: *Xantho hydrophilus*
- Category: `other` (Weitere Tiere)
- Habitats: `sea` (Meer & Küste)
- iNaturalist observations: 3684
- Wikidata: [Q3021363](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3021363)
- iNaturalist taxon: [603932](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/603932)

## Names

- en: Montagu's Crab
- fr: Crabe de pierre

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1522), FR (961), ES (295), PT (236), IE (79), JE (61), GG (22), IT (16), DZ (6), GR (5)

## Summary

Xantho hydrophilus, the furrowed crab or Montagu's crab, is a species of crab from the family Xanthidae. It is yellowish-brown and grows to a carapace width of 70 mm (2.8 in). It is a nocturnal omnivore that lives in shallow marine waters from western Scotland to the Cape Verde Islands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xantho_hydrophilus

## Photo

![Montagu's Crab](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/montagu-s-crab/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alexander Lydon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309797110

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/montagu-s-crab?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).