Foza raimundi, a new genus and species of potamonautid freshwater crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamoidea) from northern Madagascar

Sadie K. Reed; Neil Cumberlidge

doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[58:FRANGA]2.0.CO;2

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12 April 2006 Foza raimundi, a new genus and species of potamonautid freshwater crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamoidea) from northern Madagascar

Sadie K. Reed, Neil Cumberlidge

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Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 119(1):58-66 (2006). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[58:FRANGA]2.0.CO;2

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Foza raimundi, a new genus and species of freshwater crab from Antsiranana Province, northern Madagascar, is described from a high-altitude locality in the isolated Marojejy mountain range. The unusual combination of characters of the new species warrants the establishment of a new genus to accommodate this taxon. The new taxon is compared to the other species of freshwater crabs occurring in Madagascar. The Malagasy freshwater crabs belong to the Potamonautidae, a family found exclusively in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region. The new taxon is endemic to Madagascar, as are the other six genera and 12 species of freshwater crabs found there.

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Sadie K. Reed and Neil Cumberlidge "Foza raimundi, a new genus and species of potamonautid freshwater crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamoidea) from northern Madagascar," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(1), 58-66, (12 April 2006). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[58:FRANGA]2.0.CO;2

Published: 12 April 2006

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