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A new species of freshwater crab (Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae) from Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea, Central Africa.


CUMBERLIDGE, N. 1, CLARK, P. F. 2 AND BAILLIE, J. 3

1 Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan 49855, U.S.A.
2 Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.
3 Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY, UK.

Abstract

A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Potamonautes Macleay, 1838 is described from Príncipe (Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe), an island in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Central Africa. The specimens were collected during a recent zoological expedition by the Zoological Society of London. This is also the first record of a freshwater crab on the island of Príncipe.


Journal of the Natural History Museum, Zoology Series 2002, 68: 13-18