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Issue: Vol. 3884 No. 1: 12 Nov. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-11-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.5
Page range: 65–72
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus and species of freshwater crab from Madagascar (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae)

Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon, Charleston, Oregon 97420, U.S.A.
Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855-5301, U.S.A.
Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855-5301, U.S.A.
Crustacea taxonomy Glabrithelphusa new genus and species Madagascar

Abstract

A new genus and species of freshwater crab is described from Madagascar. The new species is morphologically closest to the three species of the genus Foza Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006, but can easily be distinguished by having a completely smooth carapace with an unarmed anterolateral margin and a mandible with a distinctly shortened anterior lobe. This unusual suite of characters is sufficient to warrant the recognition of a new monotypic genus to accommodate this species.