A new genus of Madagascan freshwater crab to accommodate <i>Hydrothelphusa vencesi</i> Cumberlidge, Marijnissen & Thompson, 2007 (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Deckeniidae), and the description of two new congeners-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A new genus of Madagascan freshwater crab to accommodate Hydrothelphusa vencesi Cumberlidge, Marijnissen & Thompson, 2007 (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Deckeniidae), and the description of two new congeners

Published:2023-05-24 Issue:2 Volume:43 Page:
ISSN:0278-0372
Container-title:Journal of Crustacean Biology
language:en
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Author:

Cumberlidge Neil¹^ORCID,Soma Julia B¹^ORCID,Leever Ellen M¹^ORCID,Daniels Savel R²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, Northern Michigan University , Marquette, MI 49855-5301 , USA

2. Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch , Matieland 7602 , South Africa

Abstract

Abstract Nheena n. gen. is established to accommodate the Madagascan freshwater crab Hydrothelphusa vencesi Cumberlidge, Marijnissen & Thompson, 2007 that was formerly included in Hydrothelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872. In addition, N. museonatoran. sp. and N. artiareginan. sp. are established and these new taxa are recognized based on a combination of morphological characters and previous molecular data; are all illustrated. The three species assigned to Nheenan. gen. are compared with each other and with other species of freshwater crabs found in Madagascar, and a map of their distribution is included.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Aquatic Science

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-pdf/43/2/ruad021/50447946/ruad021.pdf

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