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Description of two new species of Central African freshwater crabs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

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  • 1. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USA
  • 2. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, USA & https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9291-6312

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Cumberlidge, Neil, Krajenka, Grace E. (2023): Description of two new species of Central African freshwater crabs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae). Zootaxa 5293 (2): 379-391, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.11, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5293.2.11

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