Actaea savignii

Actaea savignii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Actaea
Species:
A. savignii
Binomial name
Actaea savignii
Synonyms
  • Actaea savignyi (Milne Edwards, 1834)
  • Cancer granulatus Audouin, 1826
  • Cancer savignii H. Milne Edwards, 1834

Actea savignii is a species of Indo-Pacific crab from the family Xanthidae which is one of the spiny-legged rock crabs. It has colonised the Levantine Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea since the mid 2000s.