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Issue: Vol. 5293 No. 2: 22 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.11
Page range: 379-391
Abstract views: 247
PDF downloaded: 29

Description of two new species of Central African freshwater crabs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

Department of Biology; Northern Michigan University; Marquette; MI; USA
Department of Biology; Northern Michigan University; Marquette; MI; USA
Crustacea Afrotropical Decapod crustaceans distribution taxonomy

Abstract

This work focuses on two species of freshwater crabs from Central Africa: Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp. (from the Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Rotundopotamonautes rwanda n. sp. (from Rwanda). These two taxa are described based on newly identified museum material. Diagnoses, illustrations, and a distribution map are provided for these species, and their conservation status is discussed.

 

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