A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838 (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) from the forested highlands of western Kenya, East Africa

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Cumberlidge, Neil ^a   Dobson, Michael ^b  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRAB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; UPLAND REGION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRACHYURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMOIDEA; POTAMONAUTES; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 58149394429     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/08-24.1     Document Type: Article

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