N. Cumberlidge and M. Vannini (2004)
Ecology and taxonomy of a tree-living freshwater crab (Brachyura : Potamoidea : Potamonautidae) from Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa
Journal of Natural History, 38(6):681-693.
The ecology and taxonomy of an interesting species of tree-living freshwater crab from the East Usambara mountains, Tanzania, and from the Shimba Hills, Kenya, East Africa is described. This phytotelmic decapod crustacean belongs to a new species of potamonautid freshwater crab in the genus Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838, which is described. This is one of only a few reports of the phenomenon of the use of water-filled tree holes by any species of true freshwater crab.
Brachyura, Crustacea, decapoda, East Africa, forests, freshwater crab, globonautes-macropus rathbun, grapsidae, liberia gecarcinucoidea, morphological evidence, phytotelmy, Potamoidea, Potamonautes, Potamonautidae, river crab, south-africa, sp. nov. brachyura, system, taxonomy
WOS:000188894700002
- DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000041716
- ISSN: 0022-2933
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