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Issue: Vol. 5476 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.8
Page range: 51-65
Abstract views: 55
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Two new freshwater crab species from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

Department of Biology; Northern Michigan University; Marquette; MI 49855-5376; USA
Department of Biology; Northern Michigan University; Marquette; MI 49855-5376; USA
Crustacea Decapod crustaceans distribution Pare Mountains taxonomy

Abstract

This work focuses on two new freshwater crab species from Tanzania, East Africa: Arcopotamonautes parekeeae n. sp. and A. ngae n. sp. The new species are described based on newly identified museum material. Diagnoses, illustrations, and distribution maps are provided for these species, and their conservation status is discussed.

 

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