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Type: Article
Published: 2014-02-12
Page range: 455–466
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Two new potamid crabs, Yuexipotamon arcophallus new genus, new species and Minutomon shanweiense new genus, new species, (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae) from southern China

School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Potamidae Yuexipotamon arcophallus Minutomon shanweiense new genera new species taxonomy freshwater crabs China

Abstract

Two new Chinese genera and species of freshwater crabs, Yuexipotamon arcophallus, new genus, new species, and Minutomon shanweiense, new genus, new species, are described from Zhaoqing City and Shanwei City, respectively. The former is superficially closest to Huananpotamon Dai & Ng, 1994, while the latter resembles Sinopotamon Bott, 1967, and Mediapotamon Dai, 1995. The two new genera, however, possess distinctive combinations of carapace, third maxilliped, male thoracic sternal and first gonopodal characters that easily distinguish them from other genera. Notes on the general biology of the two new species are also given.