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

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 22 May 2023Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 5,293, pages 379-391 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: NEIL CUMBERLIDGE; GRACE E. KRAJENKA;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.11

pmid: 37518477

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

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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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Arthropoda, Decapoda, Animalia, Potamonautidae, Biodiversity, Malacostraca, Taxonomy

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