REDESCRIPTION OF SUDANONAUTES-FARADJENSIS (RATHBUN, 1921), A FRESH-WATER CRAB FROM CENTRAL-AFRICA (BRACHYURA, POTAMOIDEA, POTAMONAUTIDAE)

Authors
CUMBERLIDGE N
Citation
N. Cumberlidge, REDESCRIPTION OF SUDANONAUTES-FARADJENSIS (RATHBUN, 1921), A FRESH-WATER CRAB FROM CENTRAL-AFRICA (BRACHYURA, POTAMOIDEA, POTAMONAUTIDAE), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108(4), 1995, pp. 629-636
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
108
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
629 - 636
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1995)108:4<629:ROS(1A>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The fresh-water crab Sudanonautes faradjensis (Rathbun, 1921), previou sly considered to be a subspecies of S. africanus (A. Milne Edwards, 1 869), is recognized here as a valid species. The species is redescribe d from the holotype and from a large series of specimens from four cou ntries in Central Africa. Sudanonautes faradjensis is identified by a combination of characters of the carapace, chelipeds, and gonopod 1. T he distribution of S. faradjensis includes the northern part of the ra in forest region of Central Africa, from south Cameroon to Zaire.