Neglected refugia of biodiversity: Mountainous regions in Mozambique and Malawi yield two novel freshwater crab species (Potamonautidae: Potamonautes)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-509

  Daniels, Savel R ^a   Bayliss, Julian ^b,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Endemism; Freshwater biodiversity; Molecular systematics; Novel species; Southern African freshwater crabs

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); POTAMONAUTES; POTAMONAUTIDAE;

EID: 84857525859     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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