Description of three new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838 from the Lake Victoria region in southern Uganda, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

  • Neil Cumberlidge Northern Michigan University, Biology, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Departe Marquette, Michigan 49855
  • Paul F. Clark Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.371
Keywords: Potamonautes busungwe sp. nov., Potamonautes kantsyore sp. nov., Potamonautes entebbe sp. nov., Lake Victoria, Kagera River

Abstract

Three new species of potamonautid freshwater crabs are described from the Lake Victoria region in southern Uganda, East Africa. Two of the new species (Potamonautes busungwe sp. nov. and P. entebbe sp. nov.) are from the shores of Lake Victoria, while the third (P. kantsyore sp. nov.) is from an inland locality on the Kagera River that flows into the lake. In addition, two of the new taxa (P. busungwe sp. nov. and P. kantsyore sp. nov.) are among the smallest species of freshwater crabs so far known from Africa. Diagnoses, illustrations and distribution maps are provided for these taxa, which are compared to similar species from Uganda and elsewhere in East Africa.

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Published
2017-11-28
How to Cite
Cumberlidge, N., & Clark, P. F. (2017). Description of three new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838 from the Lake Victoria region in southern Uganda, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, (371). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.371
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No. 371 (2017): Description of three new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838 from the Lake Victoria region in southern Uganda, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)
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Zoology
Copyright (c) 2017 Neil Cumberlidge, Paul F. Clark

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