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Redescriptions of three species of freshwater crabs from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

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Cumberlidge, Neil (2015): Redescriptions of three species of freshwater crabs from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae). Zootaxa 3973 (1): 119-138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.4

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