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Abstract
Abstract
A new genus and species of freshwater crab,
Yuebeipotamon
calciatile
gen. n., sp. n., is described from southern China. While the carapace features are
superficially similar to species of
Sinopotamon
Bott, 1967,
Longpotamon
Shih, Huang & Ng, 2016, and
Tenuilapotamon
Dai, Song, Li, Chen, Wang & Hu, 1984, the new genus possesses a distinctive combination
of carapace, ambulatory leg, male thoracic sternal, male abdominal, and gonopodal
characters that distinguish it from these and other genera. Molecular evidence derived
from the mitochondrial 16S rDNA supports the establishment of a new genus.