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Renewed sampling of inland aquatic habitats in southern Africa yields two novel freshwater crab species (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes)

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Daniels, Savel R., Phiri, Ethel E., Bayliss, Julian (2014): Renewed sampling of inland aquatic habitats in southern Africa yields two novel freshwater crab species (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 (2): 356-369, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12139, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12139

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