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Redescriptions of three species of freshwater crabs from Angola, southern Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

  • 1. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USA.
  • 2. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USA. & https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2122-4754
  • 3. Department of Botany and Zoology, Private Bag X1, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland 7602, South Africa

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Cumberlidge, Neil, Ahles, Katelyn M., Daniels, Savel R. (2021): Redescriptions of three species of freshwater crabs from Angola, southern Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae). Zootaxa 5032 (4): 516-532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.4.3

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