Albertine Rift Valley endemics: three new species of freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) from Uganda,the Democratic Republic of the Congo,and Rwanda |
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| Authors: | Neil Cumberlidge Paul F Clark |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USA;2. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK |
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| Abstract: | Three new species of potamonautid freshwater crabs are described from the Albertine Rift Valley, Eastern Africa. One of the new species is from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda, the second is from Lake Kivu in Rwanda, and the third is from the Rwenzori Mountains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Diagnoses, illustrations and distribution maps are provided for these taxa, and they are compared to similar species from Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa. www.zoobanl.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC681BD6-6FB2-4A14-B068-89FC3EB26605 |
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| Keywords: | Taxonomy three new species of Potamonautes Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Lake Kivu Rwenzori Mountains Virunga Mountains |
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