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Carapace surface smooth, widest in anterior third (CW/FW = 2.9), medium height (
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/FW 1.01) (
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), semi-circular, urogastric, cardiac, transverse branchial grooves, posterior grooves deep; cervical grooves short, faint (
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); frontal width about 1/3 carapace width (FW/CW = 0.34); frontal margin straight (
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); exorbital tooth small, pointed, directed forward; epibranchial tooth reduced to granule; postfrontal crest sharply defined, complete, traversing entire carapace; straight part consisting of fused epigastric, postorbital crests; meeting carapace lateral margins at epibranchial teeth; carapace lateral margin posterior to epibranchial tooth smooth (
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). Branchiostegite with longitudinal (epimeral), vertical sutures, dividing carapace sidewall into suborbital, subhepatic, pterygostomial regions, each with smooth surface (
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); pterygostomial region divided into two parts by additional sulcus continuous with vertical sulcus reaching down to third maxilliped basis (
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). S3/4 complete, deep, U-shaped, middle meeting anterior margin of sternopleonal cavity; outer margins of S4 low, not raised (
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). Third maxilliped ischium smooth, vertical sulcus very faint (
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). Major cheliped propodus elongated, inferior margin length (
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) greater than CW (
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). Movable finger (dactylus) of right chela slim, distinctly arched, enclosing broad oval interspace when closed; dactylus with two large rounded teeth proximally with two small teeth in between, distal half with small even-sized teeth; fixed finger (pollex of propodus) of right chela with two very large rounded teeth proximally, distal half with small even-sized teeth (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4AEA77FAEBF9E0FA04F984" box="[1298,1423,1555,1581]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">Fig. 2B, C</figureCitation>
). Distal tooth on cheliped carpus inner margin large, slim, pointed, proximal tooth reduced to granule, followed by series of granules along margin (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4AEA77FDF9F9A8FDDFF9DC" box="[512,596,1627,1653]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">Fig. 2F</figureCitation>
). Cheliped merus lower margins both completely smooth, distal meral tooth obscure (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4AEA77FF04F98CFED3F930" box="[253,344,1663,1689]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
). Telson bell-shaped with deeply indented side margins, apex rounded. G1 TA short (G1 TA/SA = 0.33), basal half angled slightly outward at 50
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4AEA77FD66F951FD21F915" bold="true" box="[671,682,1698,1724]" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">°</emphasis>
to longitudinal axis of G1 SA, distal 1/3 curved upwards, tapering to pointed tip; G1 TA slim, not widened in midsection (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4AEA77FCEEF934FC1EF948" box="[791,917,1735,1761]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1142,1166]" captionTargetBox="[194,1393,181,1119]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[194,1393,181,1119]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, right G1 ventral view; B, right G1 dorsal view; C, right G2 ventral view. Scale bars: A = 1.4 mm, B = 1.4 mm; C = 2.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959947" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959947/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">Fig. 3A, B</figureCitation>
); longitudinal groove of G1 TA visible along proximal 2/3. G2 TA long, flagellum-like (G2 TA/SA = 0.5) (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4AEA77FCBDF918FC16F8AC" box="[836,925,1771,1797]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1142,1166]" captionTargetBox="[194,1393,181,1119]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[194,1393,181,1119]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, right G1 ventral view; B, right G1 dorsal view; C, right G2 ventral view. Scale bars: A = 1.4 mm, B = 1.4 mm; C = 2.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959947" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959947/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">Fig. 3C</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB4AEA74FF3EF8FDFB65FEB4" blockId="1.[151,1437,942,2013]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="381" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">
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Description. Male
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.
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Carapace with moderate width (CW/FW = 2.9), length (CL/ FW 2.1), height (
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/ FW = 1.01); carapace surface smooth, semi-circular, urogastric, cardiac, transverse branchial grooves, posterior grooves deep; cervical grooves short, faint (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4AEA77FD61F8A4FD7EF8D8" box="[664,757,1879,1905]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
). Front width about 1/3 carapace width (FW/CW = 0.34); frontal margin straight (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4AEA77FE50F888FDACF83C" box="[425,551,1915,1941]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="380">Fig. 1A, B</figureCitation>
); exorbital tooth small, pointed, directed forward; epibranchial tooth reduced to granule; epigastric crests low, separated by clear, short, forked mid-groove; postfrontal crest sharply defined, complete, traversing entire carapace; straight part consisting of fused epigastric, postorbital crests; meeting carapace lateral margins at epibranchial teeth; carapace lateral margin posterior to epibranchial tooth smooth (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FAEBFF64FA05FF18" box="[1298,1422,151,177]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1A, B</figureCitation>
). Branchiostegite with longitudinal (epimeral), vertical sulci, dividing carapace sidewall into suborbital, subhepatic, pterygostomial regions, each with smooth surface (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FD0BFF2CFCC6FF50" box="[754,845,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
), pterygostomial region divided into two parts by additional sulcus continuous with vertical sulcus reaching down to third maxilliped basis (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FB70FEF0FB6BFEB4" box="[1161,1248,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFED4FBEFFEE8" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" box="[199,1124,295,321]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Mandibular palp consisting of basis followed by 2 articles; terminal article simple.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFEB8FA0BFE20" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
Third maxillipeds filling entire oral field, except for transversely oval efferent respiratory openings. Ischium smooth, vertical sulcus very faint (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FDE2FE9CFDF9FE20" box="[539,626,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
). Exopod with long flagellum, ischium vertical sulcus faint (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FAE2FE9CFAFAFE20" box="[1307,1393,367,393]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFE60FD3AFE5C" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
Thoracic sternal sutures S1/2, S2/3 deep, completely traversing sternum; S3/4 complete, deep, U-shaped, middle meeting anterior margin of sternopleonal cavity; outer margins of S4 low, not raised (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FB46FE44FA9CFE78" box="[1215,1303,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
); episternal sulci S4/E4, S5/E5, S6/ E6, S7/E7 each distinct.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFE0CFD1BFCBC" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
Chelipeds unequal, right (major) longer, higher than left (minor) (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FC4CFE0CFBBAFDB0" box="[949,1073,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 2B, C</figureCitation>
). Major chela propodus inferior margin length (
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) greater than CW (
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). Movable finger (dactylus) of right chela slim, distinctly arched, tips touching when closed, enclosing broad oval interspace; propodus palm swollen. Dactylus proximal half with two large, rounded teeth, two small teeth in between, distal half with small even-sized teeth; fixed finger (pollex of propodus) of right chela with two very large, rounded teeth proximally, distal half with small even-sized teeth (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FF19FD40FED4FD64" box="[224,351,691,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 2B, C</figureCitation>
). Distal tooth on cheliped carpus inner margin large, slim, pointed, proximal tooth reduced to granule followed by series of granules along margin (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FCF1FD24FCEAFD58" box="[776,865,727,753]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 2F</figureCitation>
). Cheliped merus lower margins both completely smooth, distal meral tooth obscure (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FDD0FD08FD0FFCBC" box="[553,644,763,789]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFCECFD8DFCF4" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
Ambulatory legs (P25) slender, P5 shortest; dactyli P25 tapering to point, each bearing rows of downwardpointing sharp bristles (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FE66FCB0FE73FCF4" box="[415,504,835,861]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFC94FE64FB40" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
Male pleon, telson together forming triangle with convex margins, broadest at base; telson bell-shaped with deeply indented side margins, apex rounded; pleomeres PL16 rectangular, wider than long, PL 6 longest, more than 1/2 as long as wide (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FE39FC5CFD92FC60" box="[448,537,943,969]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
); remaining pleomeres short, more than 1/4 as long as wide. G1 TA short (G1 TA/SA = 0.33), basal half angled outward at 50
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FD51FC21FD38FC45" bold="true" box="[680,691,978,1004]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">°</emphasis>
to longitudinal axis of G1 SA, distal 1/3 curved upwards, tapering to pointed tip; G1 TA slim, not widened in midsection (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB49EA74FCEEFC04FC1EFBB8" box="[791,917,1015,1041]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1142,1166]" captionTargetBox="[194,1393,181,1119]" captionTargetId="figure-17@5.[194,1393,181,1119]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, right G1 ventral view; B, right G1 dorsal view; C, right G2 ventral view. Scale bars: A = 1.4 mm, B = 1.4 mm; C = 2.1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959947" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959947/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Fig. 3A, B</figureCitation>
); longitudinal groove of G1 TA visible along proximal 2/3. G1 SA widest at base, narrowest at G1 TA/SA junction; G1 SA ventral side mesial margins with tuft of conspicuous long setae; lateral margin with short sparse setae; G1 SA ventral side with broad setae-lined fold partly covering SA basally, completely covering SA at TA-SA junction; G1 SA dorsal side with broad dorsal membrane at TA-SA junction. G2 SA widest at base, tapering sharply inward about 1/3 along length, distal 2/3s forming long, thin, tapering, upright process supporting long, flagellum-like G2 TA (G2 TA/SA = 0.33) (
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). Medium-sized species, adult at CW
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FF3EFB01FEABFAA5" bold="true" box="[199,288,1266,1292]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Colour.</emphasis>
The colour of living specimens is unknown, but the specimen preserved in ethanol is light brown.
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FF3EFAE4FEE3FA99" bold="true" box="[199,360,1302,1329]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Type locality.</emphasis>
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, Bolobo (= Bulobo), on the
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ASL (
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).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3646529FB49EA74FF3EFAACFAE7F930" pageId="2" pageNumber="381" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFAACFAFBFA34" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FF3EFAACFEC5FAD0" bold="true" box="[199,334,1375,1401]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named for Bolobo, which is a town on the
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River in Mai-Ndombe Province in the western part of the D. R.
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where it was collected. The species epithet is used as a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EFA54FB5EFA4C" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
.
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.
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FE8BFA54FD22FA68" box="[370,681,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
is known only from just one locality on the
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River (
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,
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ASL, in
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in the D. R.
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FF3EFA1DFEA1F9A1" bold="true" box="[199,298,1518,1544]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Habitat.</emphasis>
Bolobo lies in the Kasai Ecoregion (
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) in the catchment of the
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, which occupies a vast area (
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) within southwestern D. R. Congo and the northeast corner of
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locality is in the low-lying central Congo basin (the Cuvette Centrale).
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<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EF9A9FAE7F930" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FF3EF9A9FE38F9DC" bold="true" box="[199,435,1626,1653]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Conservation status</emphasis>
. Very little information is available on the distributional range, population size and trends, or habitat of
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FEDEF98CFE18F930" box="[295,403,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">L. bolobo</emphasis>
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which is considered here as Data Deficient until more field data can be collected.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3646529FB49EA70FF3EF950FC76FE5C" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="385" pageId="2" pageNumber="381" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB49EA74FF3EF950FB2FF810" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FF3EF950FEB0F914" bold="true" box="[199,315,1699,1725]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Remarks.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FE45F950FD11F915" box="[444,666,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Longipotamonautes</emphasis>
(
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)
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currently comprises nine species from the D. R.
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, the
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,
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,
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, and
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FB47F934FF6EF8AC" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FF17F918FEA5F8AC" bold="true" box="[238,302,1771,1797]" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">
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</emphasis>
is assigned to this genus because it conforms to the diagnosis provided by
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. For example,
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB49EA74FE21F8FCFDCDF880" box="[472,582,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="381">L. bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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has a third maxilliped whose ischium is smooth and lacks a distinct vertical sulcus; the G1 TA is medium long (G1 TA length 0.33 × G1 SA length) and slim, with low medial and low lateral folds and a blunt (not pointed) tip (
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); the telson is bell-shaped with indented lateral margins; the pleon is broadly triangular, with subequal sides and base; the lower margin of the major chela propodus is longer than the carapace width; and the major chela dactylus is slim and highly arched (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB48EA75FF6EF864FE9EF806" bold="true" box="[151,277,1943,1967]" pageId="3" pageNumber="382">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940).
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, whole animal, dorsal view;
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, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars:
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= 10.9 mm,
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= 5.4 mm.
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FF6EF899FE9FF82B" bold="true" box="[151,276,1898,1922]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FEE2F898FDBAF82B" box="[283,561,1898,1922]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FDC0F898FDF8F82A" bold="true" box="[569,627,1899,1923]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4FEA72FDC0F898FDF8F82A" box="[569,627,1899,1923]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940).
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FE05F87DFD85F80F" bold="true" box="[508,526,1934,1958]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">A</emphasis>
, frontal view of carapace;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FCD8F87CFCB9F80E" bold="true" box="[801,818,1935,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">B</emphasis>
, frontal view of right chela;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FBA0F87DFBE0F80F" bold="true" box="[1113,1131,1934,1958]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">C</emphasis>
, frontal view of left chela;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FA7DF87CFA1DF80E" bold="true" box="[1412,1430,1935,1959]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">D</emphasis>
, right cheliped merus underside;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FE18F840FE79F862" bold="true" box="[481,498,1971,1995]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">E</emphasis>
, right cheliped merus dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FCA4F840FCE7F862" bold="true" box="[861,876,1971,1995]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">F</emphasis>
, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars:
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FAB6F841FAEBF863" bold="true" box="[1359,1376,1970,1994]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">A</emphasis>
= 6.9 mm,
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FF32F824FF57F846" bold="true" box="[203,220,2007,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">B</emphasis>
= 16.5 mm,
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FEA7F825FEFBF847" bold="true" box="[350,368,2006,2030]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">C</emphasis>
= 10.0 mm,
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FE0BF824FD8FF846" bold="true" box="[498,516,2007,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">D</emphasis>
= 5.4,
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FDB2F824FDD7F846" bold="true" box="[587,604,2007,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">E</emphasis>
= 5.4,
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4FEA72FD5DF824FD38F846" bold="true" box="[676,691,2007,2031]" pageId="4" pageNumber="383">F</emphasis>
= 5.4.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB4EEA73FF6EFB85FE71FB7F" blockId="5.[151,1436,1142,1239]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF6EFB85FE9FFB27" bold="true" box="[151,276,1142,1166]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FEE2FB84FDBAFB26" box="[283,561,1143,1167]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FDC0FB84FDF8FB26" bold="true" box="[569,627,1143,1167]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4EEA73FDC0FB84FDF8FB26" box="[569,627,1143,1167]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940).
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FE02FB69FD86FB1B" bold="true" box="[507,525,1178,1202]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">A</emphasis>
, right G1 ventral view;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FCF8FB68FC99FB1A" bold="true" box="[769,786,1179,1203]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">B</emphasis>
, right G1 dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FC07FB69FB9BFB1B" bold="true" box="[1022,1040,1178,1202]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">C</emphasis>
, right G2 ventral view. Scale bars:
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FA8EFB69FA03FB1B" bold="true" box="[1399,1416,1178,1202]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">A</emphasis>
= 1.4 mm,
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF08FB4CFE89FB7E" bold="true" box="[241,258,1215,1239]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">B</emphasis>
= 1.4 mm;
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FE81FB4DFE01FB7F" bold="true" box="[376,394,1214,1238]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">C</emphasis>
= 2.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB4EEA73FF3EFAD9FA0CF95A" blockId="5.[151,1437,1321,2031]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FF3EFAD9FE77FAEA" authority="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka, 2023" authorityName="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka" authorityYear="2023" box="[199,508,1321,1347]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolobo" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF3EFAD9FE77FAEA" box="[199,508,1321,1347]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FDFAFADAFDC8FAEA" bold="true" box="[515,579,1321,1347]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4EEA73FDFAFADAFDC8FAEA" box="[515,579,1321,1347]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is closest to
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FD21FAD9FC7CFAED" authority="(Bott, 1995)" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1995" box="[728,1015,1321,1348]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acristatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FD21FAD9FCEEFAEA" box="[728,869,1322,1347]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. acristatus</emphasis>
(Bott, 1995)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FBD6FAD9FAC7FAED" authority="(Bott, 1955)" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[1071,1356,1321,1348]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adentatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FBD6FAD9FB30FAEA" box="[1071,1211,1321,1347]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. adentatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4EEA73FB32FADAFACFFAED" author="Bott, R." box="[1227,1348,1321,1348]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott, 1955</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
in that the epibranchial tooth is reduced to a granule, the carapace lateral margins are smooth (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4EEA73FB9BFABEFB30FACE" box="[1122,1211,1357,1383]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
), and the adult male major cheliped is longer than the CW in all three species (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4EEA73FCCAFA82FC04FA22" box="[819,911,1393,1419]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
). In addition, the
<typeStatus id="54C58800FB4EEA73FBA2FA82FB36FA22" box="[1115,1213,1393,1419]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FB1CFA81FAF9FA22" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1995" box="[1253,1394,1394,1419]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acristatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FB1CFA81FAF9FA22" box="[1253,1394,1394,1419]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. acristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FF6EFA65FD72FA06" authorityName="Bott" authorityYear="1955" box="[151,761,1429,1455]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="ballayi" subGenus="Longipotamonautes" subSpecies="acristatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF6EFA65FD72FA06" box="[151,761,1429,1455]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Potamonautes (Longipotamonautes) ballayi acristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(RMCA_CRUST_32018)) was also collected from Bolobo, D. R.
<collectingCountry id="F3697632FB4EEA73FF21FA4AFEA8FA7A" box="[216,291,1465,1491]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4EEA73FEC9FA4AFE28FA7D" author="Bott, R." box="[304,419,1465,1492]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott 1955</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FE4CFA49FD6CFA7A" authority="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka, 2023" authorityName="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka" authorityYear="2023" box="[437,743,1465,1491]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolobo" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FE4CFA49FD6CFA7A" box="[437,743,1465,1491]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FD14FA4AFCA1FA7A" bold="true" box="[749,810,1465,1491]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4EEA73FD14FA4AFCA1FA7A" box="[749,810,1465,1491]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FBADFA49FB54FA7A" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1995" box="[1108,1247,1466,1491]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acristatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FBADFA49FB54FA7A" box="[1108,1247,1466,1491]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. acristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FAEAFA49FA17FA7A" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[1299,1436,1465,1491]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adentatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FAEAFA49FA17FA7A" box="[1299,1436,1465,1491]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. adentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the exorbital tooth, which is distinct and pointed in
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FD00FA2DFCEFFA5E" authority="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka, 2023" authorityName="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka" authorityYear="2023" box="[761,868,1501,1527]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolobo" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FD00FA2DFCEFFA5E" box="[761,868,1501,1527]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FC92FA2EFC22FA5E" bold="true" box="[875,937,1501,1527]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4EEA73FC92FA2EFC22FA5E" box="[875,937,1501,1527]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4EEA73FC40FA2EFB84FA5E" box="[953,1039,1501,1527]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[224,1363,181,1919]" captionTargetId="figure-17@3.[224,1364,181,1919]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, whole animal, dorsal view; B, whole animal, ventral view. Scale bars: A = 10.9 mm, B = 5.4 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959939/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
) (vs a low or absent exorbital tooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FF4DF9F1FECBF9B2" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1995" box="[180,320,1538,1563]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acristatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF4DF9F1FECBF9B2" box="[180,320,1538,1563]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. acristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4EEA73FEA9F9F2FE4EF9B5" author="Bott, R." box="[336,453,1537,1564]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott 1955</bibRefCitation>
: pl. VIII, fig. 2a; fig. 75) and
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FCEAF9F1FC15F9B2" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[787,926,1537,1563]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adentatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FCEAF9F1FC15F9B2" box="[787,926,1537,1563]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. adentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4EEA73FC54F9F2FBA9F9B5" author="Bott, R." box="[941,1058,1537,1564]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott 1955</bibRefCitation>
: pl. VIII, fig. 1a; fig. 74)), and by the dentition on the major chela, where the movable and fixed fingers each have two large teeth spaced apart on the cutting edges in
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FE85F9B9FE62F9CA" authority="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka, 2023" authorityName="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka" authorityYear="2023" box="[380,489,1609,1635]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolobo" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FE85F9B9FE62F9CA" box="[380,489,1609,1635]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FE09F9BAFDBBF9CA" bold="true" box="[496,560,1609,1635]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4EEA73FE09F9BAFDBBF9CA" box="[496,560,1609,1635]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4EEA73FDB8F9BAFD11F9CA" box="[577,666,1609,1635]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
) (vs a major chela whose movable and fixed fingers lack teeth in
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FA7FF9B9FE8EF92E" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acristatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FA7FF9B9FE8EF92E" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. acristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4EEA73FEECF99EFE01F921" author="Bott, R." box="[277,394,1645,1672]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott 1955</bibRefCitation>
: pl. VIII, fig. 2a; fig. 75) and
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FD23F99DFCEDF92E" box="[730,870,1645,1671]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. adentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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: pl. VIII, fig. 1a; fig. 74)). In addition, the size at maturity is different in these species:
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FD55F961FC9CF902" box="[684,791,1681,1707]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
is adult at CW
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, whereas both
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FAE8F961FA17F902" box="[1297,1436,1682,1707]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. acristatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF31F945FEDFF966" box="[200,340,1717,1743]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. adentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are adult at CW
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.
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FD83F945FC24F966" box="[634,943,1717,1743]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
can be further distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FA7FF945FE8FF95A" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. adentatus</emphasis>
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by the strong distinct postfrontal crest (vs a weak and poorly defined postfrontal crest in
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FB15F929FAFCF95A" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[1260,1399,1753,1779]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adentatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FB15F929FAFCF95A" box="[1260,1399,1753,1779]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. adentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF3EF90DFE77F8BE" box="[199,508,1789,1815]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from the seven other species in this genus as follows. The epibranchial tooth is lacking and the carapace lateral margin is smooth and lacks teeth in
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FB56F8D1FA91F892" box="[1199,1306,1825,1851]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FAD8F8D2FAD4F892" bold="true" box="[1313,1375,1825,1851]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4EEA73FAD8F8D2FAD4F892" box="[1313,1375,1825,1851]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(
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) (vs a large pointed epibranchial tooth and a carapace lateral margin that has two teeth behind the epibranchial tooth in
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FF0CF899FEE4F82A" box="[245,367,1897,1923]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. nheenae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
from
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(
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: fig. 1A, 4B), a large pointed epibranchial tooth and a carapace lateral margin that has three teeth behind the epibranchial tooth in
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FB64F87DFA9CF80E" box="[1181,1303,1933,1959]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. paecilei</emphasis>
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1886)
</taxonomicName>
from the D. R.
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4EEA73FD9BF842FD53F865" author="Bott, R." box="[610,728,1969,1996]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott 1955</bibRefCitation>
;
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); a large pointed epibranchial tooth and a carapace lateral margin that has one tooth behind the epibranchial tooth in both
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4EEA73FBEBF825FABDF846" authority="(Balss, 1936)" baseAuthorityName="Balss" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[1042,1334,2005,2031]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schubotzi">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4EEA73FBEBF825FB11F846" box="[1042,1178,2005,2031]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="384">L. schubotzi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4EEA73FB50F826FAA5F846" author="Balss, H." box="[1193,1326,2005,2031]" pageId="5" pageNumber="384" pagination="165 - 204" refId="ref6667" refString="Balss, H. (1936) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Potamonidae (Susswasserkrabben) des Kongogebietes. Revue Zoologique et Botanique d'Afrique, 28, 165 - 204." type="journal article" year="1936">Balss, 1936</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from the D. R.
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and
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FE99FF64FE38FF18" box="[352,435,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">L. reidi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4DEA70FE3AFF64FD14FF18" author="Cumberlidge, N." box="[451,671,151,177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" refId="ref6909" refString="Cumberlidge, N. (1999) The Freshwater Crabs of West Africa, Family Potamonautidae. In: Faune et Flore tropicales. Vol. 35. IRD, Paris, pp. 1 - 382." type="book" year="1999">Cumberlidge, 1999</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from
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and
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4DEA70FBF9FF64FBFEFF18" author="Bott, R." box="[1024,1141,150,177]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott 1955</bibRefCitation>
;
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D,
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); and a large pointed epibranchial tooth and a carapace lateral margin that is smooth and lacks teeth behind the epibranchial tooth in
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4DEA70FE7FFF2CFCA5FF50" authority="(A. Milne-Edwards, 1886))" authorityName="" baseAuthorityName="A. Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[390,814,223,249]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ballayi">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FE7FFF2CFE7AFF50" box="[390,497,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">L. ballayi</emphasis>
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1886))
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC136A2FB4DEA70FF3EFEF0FC76FE5C" blockId="6.[151,1437,150,501]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4DEA70FF3EFEF0FE71FEB4" authority="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka, 2023" authorityName="Cumberlidge &amp; Krajenka" authorityYear="2023" box="[199,506,259,285]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bolobo" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FF3EFEF0FE71FEB4" box="[199,506,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">Longipotamonautes bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FDF9FEF0FDB5FEB4" bold="true" box="[512,574,259,285]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">
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</emphasis>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4C7E4D21FB4DEA70FC93FEF0FB09FEB4" authority="(Bott, 1955)" baseAuthorityName="Bott" baseAuthorityYear="1955" box="[874,1154,258,285]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Longipotamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="punctatus">
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FC93FEF0FC7FFEB5" box="[874,1012,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">L. punctatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4DEA70FBFBFEF0FBF2FEB4" author="Bott, R." box="[1026,1145,258,285]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott, 1955</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
by the lack of a proximal tooth on the cheliped carpus inner margin (
<figureCitation id="13452A27FB4DEA70FD78FED4FD5EFEE8" box="[641,725,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1898,1922]" captionTargetBox="[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetId="figure-21@4.[230,1356,181,1874]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Longipotamonautes bolobo n. sp., holotype, adult ♁ CW 38.8 mm, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulobo (RMCA_CRUST_50940). A, frontal view of carapace; B, frontal view of right chela; C, frontal view of left chela; D, right cheliped merus underside; E, right cheliped merus dorsal view; F, right cheliped carpus dorsal view. Scale bars: A = 6.9 mm, B = 16.5 mm, C = 10.0 mm, D = 5.4, E = 5.4, F = 5.4." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7959945" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7959945/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">Fig. 2F</figureCitation>
) (vs a small acute proximal tooth on the cheliped carpus inner margin in
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FEF0FEB8FE18FECD" box="[265,403,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">L. punctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEF4B53FB4DEA70FE59FEB8FD9EFECC" author="Bott, R." box="[416,533,330,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" pagination="209 - 352" refId="ref6697" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Susswasserkrabben von Afrika (Crust. Decap.) und Ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Du Congo Belge, Tervuren, Belgique), C Zoologie, (3, 3), 3 (1), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott 1955</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 72). Finally,
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FD20FEB8FCCFFECC" box="[729,836,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">L. bolobo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FCB3FEB8FC03FECC" bold="true" box="[842,904,331,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23957CBFB4DEA70FCB3FEB8FC03FECC" box="[842,904,331,357]" pageId="6" pageNumber="385" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FB4FFEB8FADDFECC" box="[1206,1366,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">L. semilunaris</emphasis>
(
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)
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by the deep S3/4 that completely traverses the sternum and meets the anterior margin of the sternopleonal cavity, and by the outer margins of S4 that are low and not raised (
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) (vs an incomplete S3/4 that is deep only at the margins and faint in the middle and does not meet the anterior margin of the sternopleonal cavity, and outer margins of S4 that are raised in
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<emphasis id="B90AEAB0FB4DEA70FE05FE28FD17FE5C" box="[508,668,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="385">L. semilunaris</emphasis>
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(
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: pl. XXIV fig. 2b)).
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