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Issue: Vol. 4237 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.1.11
Page range: 191–200
Abstract views: 167
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Himalayapotamon Pretzmann, 1966 (Decapoda, Brachyura: Potamidae: Potaminae) from Uttarakhand, northern India

Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidyanagar, Sector 29, P.C.N.T. Post, Akurdi, Pune-411 044, Maharashtra, India
Department of Zoology & Biotechnology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar-246 174, Uttarakhand, India
Crustacea taxonomy new species identification key India

Abstract

A new species of potamid freshwater crab, Himalayapotamon garhwalense n. sp., is described from a stream near Khanda in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India. The new species is differentiated from all congeners by a suite of carapace and gonopod features, including the short, stout and conical G1 terminal joint with gradually tapered distal portion. Himalayapotamon Pretzmann, 1966, is now represented by 11 species including H. garhwalense n. sp. An identification key to the species in the genus is provided.

 

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