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Issue: Vol. 3588 No. 1: 17 Dec. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-12-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3588.1.2
Page range: 55–63
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Nanhaipotamon Bott, 1968 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China

School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Crustacea Potamidae Nanhaipotamon zhuhaiense n. sp. freshwater crab Zhuhai

Abstract

A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Nanhaipotamon Bott, 1968, N. zhuhaiense n. sp. is described from Zhuhai,Guangdong Province, southern China. The new species inhabits mud burrows on the banks of densely vegetated creeksand is sympatric with N. guangdongense Dai, 1997. Its distinctive bluish-white coloration in life as well as the characteristic morphology of the male first pleopod easily distinguishes the species from congeners.

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