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Rediscovery of two critically endangered species of freshwater crabs, Afrithelphusa afzelii (Colosi, 1924) and A. leonensis (Cumberlidge, 1987) (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Deckeniidae) from the rainforests of Sierra Leone: implications for conservation

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Ndongo, Pierre A. Mvogo, Sankoh, Salieu K., Clark, Paul F., von Rintelen, Thomas, Albrecht, Christian, Cumberlidge, Neil (2022): Rediscovery of two critically endangered species of freshwater crabs, Afrithelphusa afzelii (Colosi, 1924) and A. leonensis (Cumberlidge, 1987) (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Deckeniidae) from the rainforests of Sierra Leone: implications for conservation. Journal of Natural History 55 (47-48): 3027-3038, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2035443, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2035443

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