Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Xanthidae spec. Fransen, 1991 —CVI type-locality; 0–312 m—Benthic, 0–0.5 m. TSEA (also in Senegal). Paractaea margaritaria (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) —CVI type-locality (as Actaea margaritaria); 3–91 m— Benthic, 4/ 5– 45 m. TSEA. Paractaea monodi Guinot, 1969 —CNI Guinot (1969); 5–82 m—CVI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900, as Actaea margaritaria); 0.5–91 m—Benthic, 0.5– 200 m. ATLM. Paractaea rufopunctata (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) —CNI Brullé (1839, as Xantho rufo-punctatus); 0–45 m— CVI A. Milne-Edwards (1868, as Actaea rufopunctata); 30–91 m—Benthic, 0– 69 m. PANT. Glyptoxanthus cavernosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878) —CNI Fransen (1991); 0 m—CVI type-locality (as Actaea cavernosa); 0–17 m—Benthic. ECAI. Glyptoxanthus corrosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) —CVI type-locality (as Xantho corrosus); littoral—Benthic. ECVI. Monodaeus couchii (Couch, 1851) —CNI Fransen (1991); 20–500 m—CVI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900, as Xantho tuberculatus); 110–594 m—Benthic, 0–1415 m. EAWT. Monodaeus rouxi (Capart, 1951) —CNI likely (occurs at Madeira, and from Senegal to Angola, d’Udekem d’Acoz 1999)—Benthic, 11– 510 m. TSEA. Coralliope parvula (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) —CNI Fransen (1991); 0–33 m—CVI type-locality (as Actumnus parvulus); 5–110 m—Benthic, 0– 355 m. TSEA. Cycloxanthops occidentalis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868) —CVI type-locality (as Xantho occidentalis); 0–3 m— Benthic, 0– 23 m. TSEA. Microcassiope minor (Dana, 1852) —CNI Monod (1956, as Micropanope rufopunctata); 0–20 m—CVI A. Milne- Edwards (1869, as Xanthodes rufopunctatus); 0.5–61 m—Benthic, 0– 220 m. AAWA. Nanocassiope melanodactyla (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) —CNI Miers (1886, as Xanthodes melanodactylus); 5– 110 m—CVI Dana (1852, as Xantho parvulus); 4–225 m—Benthic, 5– 200 m. TSEA. Paraxanthias eriphioides (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) —CVI type-locality (as Xanthodes eriphioides); 0.5–85 m— Benthic. ECAI. Xantho hydrophilus (Herbst, 1790) —CNI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900, as X. floridus); 0–25 m—CVI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900, as X. floridus); 0–30 m—Benthic, 0– 37 m. ATLM. Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 —CNI Luis Florido (1976); 0–36 m—Benthic, 0– 133 m. EAWD. Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) —CNI Brullé (1839, as X. rivulosus); 0–15 m—Benthic, 0– 20 m. ATLM. Xantho sexdentatus (Miers, 1881) —CNI Fransen (1991); 0–15 m—CVI Fransen (1991); same depth—Benthic, 0– 35 m. TSEA. Xantho sp. Fransen, 1991 —CNI 0–7 m—CVI probably 0–15 m—Benthic. TSEA. Xanthodius inaequalis faba (Dana, 1852) —CVI?type-locality (as Actaeodes faba); 0.5–10 m—Benthic. ECVI. Platypodiella picta (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) —CNI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900, as Lophactaea picta); 0–30 m—CVI type-locality (as Lophactaea picta); 0.5–28 m—Benthic. TSEA.

Published as part of González, José A., 2018, Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions, pp. 401-448 in Zootaxa 4413 (3) on pages 428-429, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3769606