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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803603" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7803603" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803603/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" startId="18.[145,227,1297,1319]" targetBox="[149,751,212,1255]" targetPageId="18">
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<paragraph blockId="18.[145,761,1297,1466]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[145,257,1297,1319]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Figure 8.</emphasis>
|
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<taxonomicName authority="Valles" authorityName="VALLES" authorityYear="2023" box="[269,497,1298,1320]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
|
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<emphasis box="[269,497,1298,1320]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Potamonautes Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[506,591,1298,1320]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
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, male holotype (CL = 30.90 mm) (SAM-MB A094482) from Muilhuis section, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A, whole animal dorsal aspect; B, whole animal ventral aspect; C, cephalothorax, frontal aspect. Scale bar represents 10 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="18.[145,761,1595,1893]" lastBlockId="18.[809,1426,1049,1531]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">
|
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<emphasis box="[145,533,1595,1616]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Additional material examined:</emphasis>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-02-01" collectingDateMax="2022-01-15" collectingDateMin="2019-02-01" collectionCode="SAM" collectorName="H. Marais & Theo Busschau. Unnamed" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" elevation="1320" latitude="-25.70139" location="Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" specimenCode="MB-A 094484, MB-A 094485, MB-A 094486, MB-A094580, MB-A094581, MB-A094582" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">
|
||
Muilhuis section,
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03FDE6325D63FFD15DDEB6C4C706FD9C:8E8B01FF5D60FFD65EE4B516C131F996" box="[145,626,1626,1648]" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" latitude="-25.70139" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" name="Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03FDE6325D63FFD15DDEB6C4C706FD9C:8E8B01FF5D60FFD65CF6B516C266F977" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" latitude="-25.70139" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" name="Northern Escarpment" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">Northern Escarpment</location>
|
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,
|
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<geoCoordinate box="[307,488,1655,1678]" degrees="24" direction="south" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="1" seconds="14.8" value="-24.670776">
|
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24° 40
|
||
<emphasis box="[385,391,1655,1678]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
14.8
|
||
<emphasis box="[453,463,1655,1678]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
S
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[504,689,1655,1678]" degrees="30" direction="east" minutes="52" orientation="longitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="1" seconds="34.1" value="30.876139">
|
||
30° 52
|
||
<emphasis box="[582,588,1655,1678]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
34.1
|
||
<emphasis box="[649,659,1655,1678]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
E
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
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, 1320 m a.s.l.,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[248,522,1687,1709]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[535,689,1687,1709]" name="South Africa" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[703,760,1687,1708]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">SAM</collectionCode>
|
||
<specimenCode box="[145,309,1718,1739]" collectionCode="MB-A" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">MB-A 094484</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCount box="[323,432,1718,1740]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" type="male">one male</specimenCount>
|
||
. Collected by
|
||
<collectorName box="[599,720,1718,1740]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">H. Marais</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2020-11-25">
|
||
<date pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2020-11-25">25 November 2020</date>
|
||
</collectingDate>
|
||
. Collected in a fast-flowing mountain stream.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-02-01" collectingDateMax="2022-01-15" collectingDateMin="2019-02-01" collectionCode="SAM" collectorName="H. Marais & Theo Busschau. Unnamed" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" elevation="1320" latitude="-25.70139" location="Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" specimenCode="MB-A 094484, MB-A 094485, MB-A 094486, MB-A094580, MB-A094581, MB-A094582" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">
|
||
Unnamed locality,
|
||
<quantity box="[500,580,1779,1801]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="km" value="30.0">30 km</quantity>
|
||
north-east of Mbabane
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[257,422,1808,1832]" degrees="26" direction="south" minutes="12" orientation="latitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="1" seconds="24.1" value="-26.206696">
|
||
26° 12
|
||
<emphasis box="[328,334,1808,1831]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
24.1
|
||
<emphasis box="[389,399,1808,1831]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
S
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[433,601,1808,1832]" degrees="31" direction="east" minutes="17" orientation="longitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="1" seconds="59.6" value="31.299889">
|
||
31° 17
|
||
<emphasis box="[504,510,1808,1831]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
59.6
|
||
<emphasis box="[565,575,1808,1831]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
E
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 1200 m a.s.l., Hhohho Province, Eswatini,
|
||
<collectingDate box="[494,699,1840,1862]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2019-02-01">
|
||
<date box="[494,699,1840,1862]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2019-02-01">1 February 2019</date>
|
||
</collectingDate>
|
||
. One recently moulted male,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[424,481,1871,1892]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">SAM</collectionCode>
|
||
<specimenCode box="[490,650,1871,1893]" collectionCode="MB-A" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">MB-A 094485</specimenCode>
|
||
collected by
|
||
<collectorName box="[845,1033,1049,1071]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Theo Busschau.</collectorName>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-02-01" collectingDateMax="2022-01-15" collectingDateMin="2019-02-01" collectionCode="SAM" collectorName="H. Marais & Theo Busschau. Unnamed" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" elevation="1320" latitude="-25.70139" location="Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" specimenCode="MB-A 094484, MB-A 094485, MB-A 094486, MB-A094580, MB-A094581, MB-A094582" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">
|
||
Unnamed locality,
|
||
<quantity box="[1267,1341,1049,1071]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="km" value="30.0">30 km</quantity>
|
||
northeast of
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03FDE6325D63FFD15DDEB6C4C706FD9C:8E8B01FF5D60FFD65D09B774C0A5FBB7" box="[892,998,1080,1102]" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" latitude="-25.70139" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" name="Mbabane" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">Mbabane</location>
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1006,1174,1078,1102]" degrees="26" direction="south" minutes="12" orientation="latitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="1" seconds="35.4" value="-26.209833">
|
||
26° 12
|
||
<emphasis box="[1078,1084,1078,1101]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
35.4
|
||
<emphasis box="[1141,1151,1078,1101]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
S
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1186,1357,1078,1101]" degrees="31" direction="east" minutes="17" orientation="longitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="1" seconds="07.2" value="31.285334">
|
||
31° 17
|
||
<emphasis box="[1259,1265,1078,1101]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
07.2
|
||
<emphasis box="[1321,1331,1078,1101]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
E
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1200.0">
|
||
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1200.0">1200 m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
, Hhohho Province,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1117,1222,1110,1132]" name="Swaziland" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Eswatini</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCount box="[1234,1371,1110,1132]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" type="male">three males</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCount pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" type="female">five females</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCount box="[910,1084,1141,1163]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" type="juvenile">three juveniles</specimenCount>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1095,1152,1141,1162]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">SAM</collectionCode>
|
||
<specimenCode box="[1160,1318,1141,1163]" collectionCode="MB-A" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">MB-A 094486</specimenCode>
|
||
collected
|
||
<date box="[809,1002,1172,1194]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2019-02-01">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[809,1002,1172,1194]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2019-02-01">1 February 2019</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
by Theo Busschau.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-02-01" collectingDateMax="2022-01-15" collectingDateMin="2019-02-01" collectionCode="SAM" collectorName="H. Marais & Theo Busschau. Unnamed" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" elevation="1320" latitude="-25.70139" location="Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" specimenCode="MB-A 094484, MB-A 094485, MB-A 094486, MB-A094580, MB-A094581, MB-A094582" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">
|
||
One adult male,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[809,866,1202,1223]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">SAM</collectionCode>
|
||
<specimenCode box="[873,1024,1202,1224]" collectionCode="MB-A" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">MB-A094580</specimenCode>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingMunicipality box="[1094,1245,1202,1224]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Katrinasrust</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
trout farm,
|
||
<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="south" minutes="42" orientation="latitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="15" seconds="05" value="-25.70139">
|
||
25° 42
|
||
<emphasis box="[836,842,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
05
|
||
<emphasis box="[875,885,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
S
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[916,1060,1232,1255]" degrees="30" direction="east" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="15" seconds="38" value="30.510555">
|
||
30° 30
|
||
<emphasis box="[986,992,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
38
|
||
<emphasis box="[1026,1036,1232,1255]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
E
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<elevation box="[1070,1154,1233,1255]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.664" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1664.0">
|
||
<quantity box="[1070,1154,1233,1255]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.664" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1664.0">1664 m</quantity>
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1163,1421,1233,1255]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[809,956,1264,1286]" name="South Africa" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
, collected
|
||
<collectingDate box="[1075,1291,1264,1286]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2021-11-28">
|
||
<date box="[1075,1291,1264,1286]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2021-11-28">28 November 2021</date>
|
||
</collectingDate>
|
||
by Graeme Gullacksen.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-02-01" collectingDateMax="2022-01-15" collectingDateMin="2019-02-01" collectionCode="SAM" collectorName="H. Marais & Theo Busschau. Unnamed" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" elevation="1320" latitude="-25.70139" location="Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" specimenCode="MB-A 094484, MB-A 094485, MB-A 094486, MB-A094580, MB-A094581, MB-A094582" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">
|
||
One adult female,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1154,1211,1294,1315]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">SAM</collectionCode>
|
||
<specimenCode box="[1216,1365,1294,1316]" collectionCode="MB-A" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">MB-A094581</specimenCode>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCounty box="[809,960,1325,1347]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Katrinasrust</collectingCounty>
|
||
trout farm,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1104,1254,1324,1347]" degrees="25" direction="south" minutes="42" orientation="latitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="15" seconds="05" value="-25.70139">
|
||
25° 42
|
||
<emphasis box="[1178,1184,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
05
|
||
<emphasis box="[1221,1231,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
S
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1267,1421,1324,1347]" degrees="30" direction="east" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="15" seconds="38" value="30.510555">
|
||
30° 30
|
||
<emphasis box="[1341,1347,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
38
|
||
<emphasis box="[1383,1393,1324,1347]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
E
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<elevation box="[809,893,1356,1378]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.664" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1664.0">
|
||
<quantity box="[809,893,1356,1378]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.664" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1664.0">1664 m</quantity>
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[900,1160,1356,1378]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1170,1316,1356,1378]" name="South Africa" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
, collected
|
||
<date box="[809,1013,1386,1408]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2021-12-01">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[809,1013,1386,1408]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2021-12-01">1 December 2021</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
by Graeme Gullacksen.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2019-02-01" collectingDateMax="2022-01-15" collectingDateMin="2019-02-01" collectionCode="SAM" collectorName="H. Marais & Theo Busschau. Unnamed" country="South Africa" county="Katrinasrust" elevation="1320" latitude="-25.70139" location="Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="30.510555" municipality="Katrinasrust" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" specimenCode="MB-A 094484, MB-A 094485, MB-A 094486, MB-A094580, MB-A094581, MB-A094582" specimenCount="4" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1" specimenCount-male="2" stateProvince="Mpumalanga">
|
||
One adult male,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[885,944,1417,1438]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/mhew-9czz" name="South African Museum" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">SAM</collectionCode>
|
||
<specimenCode box="[955,1113,1417,1439]" collectionCode="MB-A" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">MB-A094582</specimenCode>
|
||
from Katrinasrust trout farm,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[875,1018,1446,1469]" degrees="25" direction="south" minutes="42" orientation="latitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="15" seconds="05" value="-25.70139">
|
||
25° 42
|
||
<emphasis box="[946,952,1446,1469]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
05
|
||
<emphasis box="[986,996,1446,1469]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
S
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate box="[1028,1174,1446,1469]" degrees="30" direction="east" minutes="30" orientation="longitude" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" precision="15" seconds="38" value="30.510555">
|
||
30° 30
|
||
<emphasis box="[1099,1105,1446,1469]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">′</emphasis>
|
||
38
|
||
<emphasis box="[1139,1149,1446,1469]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">″</emphasis>
|
||
E
|
||
</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<elevation box="[1184,1267,1448,1470]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.664" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1664.0">
|
||
<quantity box="[1184,1267,1448,1470]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.664" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" unit="m" value="1664.0">1664 m</quantity>
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
<collectingRegion country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[924,1073,1478,1500]" name="South Africa" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">South Africa</collectingCountry>
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, collected
|
||
<collectingDate box="[1193,1390,1478,1500]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2022-01-15">
|
||
<date box="[1193,1390,1478,1500]" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" value="2022-01-15">15 January 2022</date>
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||
</collectingDate>
|
||
by Graeme Gullacksen
|
||
</materialsCitation>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="18.[809,1425,1566,1895]" lastBlockId="19.[827,1441,197,250]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="1024" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">
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||
<emphasis box="[809,933,1567,1588]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
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||
Carapace very flat (
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<collectingCountry box="[1172,1211,1566,1587]" name="Switzerland" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">CH</collectingCountry>
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||
/CL = 0.51) (
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||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="20.[146,210,196,217]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Table 4. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., measurements (in mm) of the holotype and the range of additional male and female specimens examined. An * indicates that the structure was missing" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF2B07AC5D66FFD05EE7B388C0DEFF0E" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023" tableUuid="DF2B07AC5D66FFD05EE7B388C0DEFF0E">Table 4</tableCitation>
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||
); postfrontal crest well defined, complete, lateral ends meeting anterolateral margins; epigastric crests faint, median sulcus between crests short, not forked posteriorly; exorbital, epibranchial teeth reduced to granules; anterolateral carapace margin granulated (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1061,1183,1750,1772]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="18.[145,227,1297,1319]" captionTargetBox="[149,751,212,1255]" captionTargetId="figure-353@18.[145,760,195,1258]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 8. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (CL = 30.90 mm) (SAM-MB A094482) from Muilhuis section, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A, whole animal dorsal aspect; B, whole animal ventral aspect; C, cephalothorax, frontal aspect. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803603" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803603/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Fig. 8A–C</figureCitation>
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). Third maxilliped: ischium with distinct vertical sulcus (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1258,1343,1781,1803]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="18.[145,227,1297,1319]" captionTargetBox="[149,751,212,1255]" captionTargetId="figure-353@18.[145,760,195,1258]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 8. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (CL = 30.90 mm) (SAM-MB A094482) from Muilhuis section, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A, whole animal dorsal aspect; B, whole animal ventral aspect; C, cephalothorax, frontal aspect. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803603" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803603/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Fig. 8C</figureCitation>
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); s3/s4 complete, V-shaped, deep, midpoint almost meeting anterior margin of sternopleonal cavity; margins of s4 low, not raised (
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<figureCitation box="[1078,1168,1873,1895]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="18.[145,227,1297,1319]" captionTargetBox="[149,751,212,1255]" captionTargetId="figure-353@18.[145,760,195,1258]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 8. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (CL = 30.90 mm) (SAM-MB A094482) from Muilhuis section, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A, whole animal dorsal aspect; B, whole animal ventral aspect; C, cephalothorax, frontal aspect. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803603" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803603/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="1023">Fig. 8B</figureCitation>
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||
). Cheliped: dactylus (moveable finger) slim, highly arched, enclosing oval interspace, with three larger teeth interspersed by smaller teeth along length; propodus (fixed finger) with four larger teeth interspersed by smaller teeth along length (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[533,664,1622,1644]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="18.[809,891,919,941]" captionTargetBox="[819,1409,206,876]" captionTargetId="figure-400@18.[809,1424,195,880]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 9. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (SAM-MB A 094482). A, major right cheliped; B, minor left cheliped. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803601" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803601/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Fig. 9A, B</figureCitation>
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||
); carpus inner margin distal tooth large, pointed, proximal tooth reduced to granules (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[489,575,1683,1705]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="18.[145,227,1297,1319]" captionTargetBox="[149,751,212,1255]" captionTargetId="figure-353@18.[145,760,195,1258]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 8. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (CL = 30.90 mm) (SAM-MB A094482) from Muilhuis section, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A, whole animal dorsal aspect; B, whole animal ventral aspect; C, cephalothorax, frontal aspect. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803603" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803603/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Fig. 8A</figureCitation>
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); medial inferior margin of merus lined with series of small granules terminating distally at small, low distal meral tooth, lateral inferior margin smooth. G1 terminal article: one-third length of subterminal segment; first-third straight in line with longitudinal axis of subterminal segment, middle part directed outward at 45°, widened by raised rounded ventral lobe, tip curving sharply upward (
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||
<figureCitation box="[1130,1261,228,250]" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="19.[164,245,1316,1338]" captionTargetBox="[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetId="figure-529@19.[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 10. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (SAM-MB A 094482). A, left gonopod 1, anterior view; B, left gonopod 1 posterior view; C, left gonopod 2 anterior view; D, right third maxilliped. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803605/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Fig. 10A, B</figureCitation>
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).
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="19.[827,1443,274,1891]" lastBlockId="20.[145,760,779,893]" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="1025" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">
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<emphasis box="[827,982,275,296]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Description:</emphasis>
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||
Based on male
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1201,1310,274,296]" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
(
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1332,1441,274,296]" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
CWW
|
||
<quantity box="[905,1027,305,327]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.024" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024" unit="mm" value="40.24">40.24 mm</quantity>
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,
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<tableCitation box="[1041,1132,305,327]" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="20.[146,210,196,217]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="Table 4. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., measurements (in mm) of the holotype and the range of additional male and female specimens examined. An * indicates that the structure was missing" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF2B07AC5D66FFD05EE7B388C0DEFF0E" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024" tableUuid="DF2B07AC5D66FFD05EE7B388C0DEFF0E">Table 4</tableCitation>
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). Carapace anterolateral margins granulated; widest anteriorly, narrowest posteriorly (CWP/CL 0.42); arched (
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||
<collectingCountry box="[1284,1324,367,388]" name="Switzerland" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">CH</collectingCountry>
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/CL 0.51) (
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<figureCitation box="[836,925,397,419]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="18.[145,227,1297,1319]" captionTargetBox="[149,751,212,1255]" captionTargetId="figure-353@18.[145,760,195,1258]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 8. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (CL = 30.90 mm) (SAM-MB A094482) from Muilhuis section, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A, whole animal dorsal aspect; B, whole animal ventral aspect; C, cephalothorax, frontal aspect. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803603" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803603/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Fig. 8C</figureCitation>
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); front broad, one-third CWW (FW/CWW 0.40); urogastric, cardiac grooves distinct, other grooves faint or missing; postfrontal crest complete, anterolateral margin posterior to epibranchial tooth granulated, meeting epibranchial teeth; epigastric crests faint, median sulcus between crests short, forked posteriorly; exorbital, epibranchial teeth each reduced to granule; anterolateral margin between exorbital, epibranchial teeth faintly granulated, curving slightly outward, lacking intermediate tooth (
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||
<figureCitation box="[835,950,704,726]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="18.[145,227,1297,1319]" captionTargetBox="[149,751,212,1255]" captionTargetId="figure-353@18.[145,760,195,1258]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 8. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (CL = 30.90 mm) (SAM-MB A094482) from Muilhuis section, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A, whole animal dorsal aspect; B, whole animal ventral aspect; C, cephalothorax, frontal aspect. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803603" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803603/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Fig. 8A–C</figureCitation>
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); branchiostegal wall vertical sulcus faint, meeting longitudinal sulcus, dividing branchiostegal wall into three parts, suborbital, dorsal pterygostomial regions granulated, hepatic region smooth; suborbital margin faintly granulated. Third maxilliped: filling entire buccal frame, except for respiratory openings; exopod with long flagellum, ischium with faint vertical groove (
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<figureCitation box="[919,1019,918,940]" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="19.[164,245,1316,1338]" captionTargetBox="[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetId="figure-529@19.[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 10. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (SAM-MB A 094482). A, left gonopod 1, anterior view; B, left gonopod 1 posterior view; C, left gonopod 2 anterior view; D, right third maxilliped. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803605/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Fig. 10D</figureCitation>
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). Epistomial tooth large, triangular, margins lined by large granules. Mandible: palp two-segmented; terminal segment simple; tuft of setae at junction between segments. Sternum: s1, s2 fused; s2/s3 deep, completely crossing sternum; s3/s4 complete, V-shaped, deep, midpoint almost meeting anterior margin of sternopleonal cavity; margins of s4 low, not raised. Cheliped: dactylus (moveable finger) slim, arched, enclosing oval interspace, with three larger teeth interspersed by smaller teeth along length; propodus (fixed finger) with four larger teeth interspersed by smaller teeth along length (
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||
<figureCitation box="[1319,1429,1256,1278]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="18.[809,891,919,941]" captionTargetBox="[819,1409,206,876]" captionTargetId="figure-400@18.[809,1424,195,880]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 9. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (SAM-MB A 094482). A, major right cheliped; B, minor left cheliped. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803601" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803601/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Fig. 9A, B</figureCitation>
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); carpus distal tooth large, pointed, proximal tooth small but distinct, followed by granule; both inferior margins of merus lined by series of small granules, distal meral tooth small, pointed. Pereopods: walking legs slender, pereopod 3 longest, pereopod 5 shortest; dorsal margins of pereopods with fine sharp bristles, dactyli of walking legs ending in sharp point, with rows of spinelike bristles along segment. Pleon: outline broadly triangular with straight margins. G1 terminal article: short (one-third length of subterminal segment), curving away from midline, first-third straight in line with longitudinal axis of subterminal segment, middle part directed outward at 45°, widened by low raised rounded ventral lobe, tip curving gently upward. G1 subterminal segment broad at base, tapering to slim junction with terminal article distally where these two parts have same width, ventral side of segment with heavily setose margins; with setae-fringed flap covering lateral half of segment; dorsal side of segment smooth, no flap, with broad membrane on the dorsal side of suture marking junction between terminal, subterminal parts (
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||
<figureCitation box="[374,505,810,832]" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="19.[164,245,1316,1338]" captionTargetBox="[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetId="figure-529@19.[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 10. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (SAM-MB A 094482). A, left gonopod 1, anterior view; B, left gonopod 1 posterior view; C, left gonopod 2 anterior view; D, right third maxilliped. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803605/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Fig. 10A, B</figureCitation>
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). G2: terminal article long, flagellum-like, 0.5 times length of subterminal segment (
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||
<figureCitation box="[256,351,871,893]" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="19.[164,245,1316,1338]" captionTargetBox="[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetId="figure-529@19.[167,775,195,1276]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 10. Potamonautes Ʋalles sp. nov., male holotype (SAM-MB A 094482). A, left gonopod 1, anterior view; B, left gonopod 1 posterior view; C, left gonopod 2 anterior view; D, right third maxilliped. Scale bar represents 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803605/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Fig. 10C</figureCitation>
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803605" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7803605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803605/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024" startId="19.[164,245,1316,1338]" targetBox="[167,775,195,1276]" targetPageId="19">
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<paragraph blockId="19.[163,779,1316,1426]" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[164,287,1316,1338]" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Figure 10.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Valles" authorityName="VALLES" authorityYear="2023" box="[298,522,1316,1338]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis box="[298,522,1316,1338]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024">Potamonautes Ʋalles</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[530,613,1316,1338]" pageId="19" pageNumber="1024" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, male holotype (SAM-MB A 094482). A, left gonopod 1, anterior view; B, left gonopod 1 posterior view; C, left gonopod 2 anterior view; D, right third maxilliped. Scale bar represents 10 mm.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-Table-UUID="DF2B07AC5D66FFD05EE7B388C0DEFF0E" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF2B07AC5D66FFD05EE7B388C0DEFF0E" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" startId="20.[146,210,196,217]" targetBox="[144,1425,283,720]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="20">
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<paragraph blockId="20.[145,1350,196,247]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
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||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[146,236,196,217]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Table 4.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Valles" authorityName="VALLES" authorityYear="2023" box="[246,458,196,218]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis box="[246,458,196,218]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Potamonautes Ʋalles</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[465,543,196,218]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, measurements (in mm) of the holotype and the range of additional male and female specimens examined. An * indicates that the structure was missing
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
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||
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<th box="[144,474,283,305]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Variable</th>
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||
<th box="[583,719,283,305]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Abbreviation</th>
|
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<th box="[829,923,283,305]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Holotype</th>
|
||
<th box="[1033,1160,283,305]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Males</th>
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<th box="[1298,1425,283,305]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Females</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr box="[144,1425,338,360]" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
||
<th box="[144,474,338,360]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">carapace length</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,338,360]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CL</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,338,360]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">30.90</td>
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<td box="[1033,1160,338,360]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">38.18–23.95</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,338,360]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">29.13–26.73</td>
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</tr>
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<tr box="[144,1425,368,390]" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
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||
<th box="[144,474,368,390]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">carapace width at widest point</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,368,390]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CWW</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,368,390]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">40.24</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,368,390]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">50.91–31.07</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,368,390]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">38.92–34.82</td>
|
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<tr box="[144,1425,398,420]" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
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||
<th box="[144,474,398,420]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">carapace posterior margin</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,398,420]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CWP</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,398,420]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">13.24</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,398,420]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">19.47–11.64</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,398,420]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">15.01–13.93</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr box="[144,1425,429,451]" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
||
<th box="[144,474,429,451]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">frontal width</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,429,451]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">FW</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,429,451]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">16.48</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,429,451]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">19.40–10.96</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,429,451]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">13.92–13.36</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr box="[144,1425,459,481]" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
||
<th box="[144,474,459,481]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">distance between postfrontal</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,459,481]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">PFCD</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,459,481]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">4.47</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,459,481]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">4.46–3.20</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,459,481]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">3.49–2.91</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr box="[144,1425,488,510]" gridrow="6" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
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<th box="[144,474,488,510]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">crest and anterior margin</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr box="[144,1425,518,540]" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
||
<th box="[144,474,518,540]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">carapace height</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,518,540]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CH</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,518,540]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">15.86</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,518,540]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">17.32–16.83</td>
|
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<td box="[1298,1425,518,540]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">14.08–13.05</td>
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</tr>
|
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<tr box="[144,1425,548,570]" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
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<th box="[144,474,548,570]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">major cheliped propodus length</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,548,570]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">MCPL</td>
|
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<td box="[829,923,548,570]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">31.38</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,548,570]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">40.22–18.90</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,548,570]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">23.91–21.09</td>
|
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</tr>
|
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<tr box="[144,1425,578,600]" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
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<th box="[144,474,578,600]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">major cheliped dactylus length</th>
|
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<td box="[583,719,578,600]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">MCDL</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,578,600]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">19.22</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,578,600]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">23.75–10.78</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,578,600]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">13.86–12.93</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
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<tr box="[144,1425,608,630]" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
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<th box="[144,474,608,630]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">pereiopod 2, merus length</th>
|
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<td box="[583,719,608,630]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P2ML</td>
|
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<td box="[829,923,608,630]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">18.44</td>
|
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<td box="[1033,1160,608,630]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">*–11.75</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,608,630]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">14.70–13.81</td>
|
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</tr>
|
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<tr box="[144,1425,638,660]" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
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<th box="[144,474,638,660]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">pereiopod 2, merus width</th>
|
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<td box="[583,719,638,660]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P2MW</td>
|
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<td box="[829,923,638,660]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">6.53</td>
|
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<td box="[1033,1160,638,660]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">*– 4.94</td>
|
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<td box="[1298,1425,638,660]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">6.44–5.90</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
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<tr box="[144,1425,668,690]" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
||
<th box="[144,474,668,690]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">pereiopod 5, merus length</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,668,690]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P5ML</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,668,690]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">17.76</td>
|
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<td box="[1033,1160,668,690]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">*–12.77</td>
|
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<td box="[1298,1425,668,690]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">15.91–14.11</td>
|
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</tr>
|
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<tr box="[144,1425,698,720]" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
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<th box="[144,474,698,720]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">pereiopod 5, merus width</th>
|
||
<td box="[583,719,698,720]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P5MW</td>
|
||
<td box="[829,923,698,720]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">6.44</td>
|
||
<td box="[1033,1160,698,720]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">*–5.18</td>
|
||
<td box="[1298,1425,698,720]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">6.10–5.92</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</paragraph>
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|
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<emphasis box="[145,450,923,945]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Molecular diagnosis:</emphasis>
|
||
16 S rRNA GenBank accession numbers: OL 685399 – OL 685400, OL 685418 –OL 685422, OL 685439–OL 685441.
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,196,1015,1036]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">COI</emphasis>
|
||
GenBank numbers: OL660549–OL660551, OL660573–OL660577.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="20.[145,761,1098,1273]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
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<emphasis box="[145,300,1098,1119]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Distribution:</emphasis>
|
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Known from the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Katrinasrust trout farm (in the vicinity of Mbombela) and Sterkspruit in the northeast of the
|
||
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in
|
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, as well as
|
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|
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north-west of Mbabane,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[654,760,1220,1242]" name="Swaziland" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Eswatini</collectingCountry>
|
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(
|
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<figureCitation box="[153,216,1251,1273]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="7.[163,242,1204,1226]" captionTargetBox="[163,1443,195,1165]" captionTargetId="figure-332@7.[163,1443,195,1165]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Figure 1. A map of southern Africa (South Africa and Eswatini) showing the sites where freshwater crabs were collected during the present study. The 30 Potamonautes sidneyi s.s. sample localities are represented by solid, black triangles; the eight P.danielsi sample localities are represented by brown squares, while the four sample localities for P.karooensis sp. nov. are represented by a turquoise circle and three sample localities for P. Ʋalles sp. nov., are represented by a green diamond. The Papkuilsfontein locality of P. barbarai was combined with specimens from 13 conspecific populations sequenced by Daniels et al. (2006) and represented by a red triangle. The sample numbers correspond to the 59 localities in Table 1." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803585" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803585/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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; Supporting Information,
|
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<figureCitation box="[513,641,1251,1273]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="14.[145,225,1371,1393]" captionTargetBox="[148,1422,649,1329]" captionTargetId="figure-428@14.[145,1425,646,1332]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figure 4. BEAST chronogram of the three concatenated mtDNA loci (16S rRNA, 12S rRNA + COI) dataset for all the described southern African Potamonautes species. Node bars show 95% highest posterior distributions for each divergence date estimate. The terminal labelled P. sp. nov., represents a yet undescribed species from Hogsback. Posterior probability values> 0.95 (PP) together with bootstrap values> 75% are shown above and below branches, respectively." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803593" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803593/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Fig. S4A, B</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="20.[145,762,1298,1902]" lastBlockId="21.[827,1444,197,495]" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="1026" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
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<emphasis box="[145,500,1298,1319]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
||
Remarks:
|
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
is sister to
|
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<taxonomicName box="[640,760,1298,1319]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="danielsi">
|
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<emphasis box="[640,760,1298,1319]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. danielsi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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in our phylogenetic analyses (
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<figureCitation box="[496,562,1328,1350]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="14.[145,225,1371,1393]" captionTargetBox="[148,1422,649,1329]" captionTargetId="figure-428@14.[145,1425,646,1332]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figure 4. BEAST chronogram of the three concatenated mtDNA loci (16S rRNA, 12S rRNA + COI) dataset for all the described southern African Potamonautes species. Node bars show 95% highest posterior distributions for each divergence date estimate. The terminal labelled P. sp. nov., represents a yet undescribed species from Hogsback. Posterior probability values> 0.95 (PP) together with bootstrap values> 75% are shown above and below branches, respectively." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803593" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803593/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
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). Geographically the two species are distinct:
|
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<emphasis box="[492,590,1359,1381]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
is confined to the north-eastern corners of southern Africa, while
|
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<taxonomicName box="[145,262,1420,1442]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="danielsi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,262,1420,1442]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. danielsi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occurs from southern
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[514,692,1420,1442]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
|
||
along the Indian Ocean coastal (IOCB) forest belt and the adjacent interior into the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[474,760,1482,1504]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Eastern Cape Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
of
|
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<collectingCountry box="[177,336,1512,1534]" name="South Africa" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Morphologically the two can also be distinguished.
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Valles" authorityName="VALLES" authorityYear="2023" box="[364,613,1543,1565]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[364,613,1543,1565]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Potamonautes Ʋalles</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is flat (
|
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<collectingCountry box="[712,752,1543,1564]" name="Switzerland" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CH</collectingCountry>
|
||
/ CL = 0.51) and large bodied (CWW =
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<quantity box="[566,680,1574,1595]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.024" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" unit="mm" value="40.24">40.24 mm</quantity>
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), while
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[145,273,1604,1626]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="danielsi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,273,1604,1626]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. danielsi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is also flat (
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[432,472,1604,1625]" name="Switzerland" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CH</collectingCountry>
|
||
/CL = 0.49) but smaller bodied (CWW =
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<quantity box="[346,455,1635,1657]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.58" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" unit="mm" value="25.8">25.8 mm</quantity>
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) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Peer N & Gouws G & Lazo-Wasem E & Perissinotto R & Miranda NAF" box="[483,688,1635,1657]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="1 - 28" refId="ref20912" refString="Peer N, Gouws G, Lazo-Wasem E, Perissinotto R, Miranda NAF. 2017. Redescription of Potamonautes sidneyi (Rathbun, 1904) (Decapoda, Potamonautidae) and description of a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ZooKeys 657: 1 - 28." type="journal article" year="2017">
|
||
Peer
|
||
<emphasis box="[548,612,1635,1657]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2017
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The terminal segment of gonopod 1 is short and 0.21 times the length of subterminal segment (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Peer N & Gouws G & Lazo-Wasem E & Perissinotto R & Miranda NAF" box="[561,746,1696,1718]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="1 - 28" refId="ref20912" refString="Peer N, Gouws G, Lazo-Wasem E, Perissinotto R, Miranda NAF. 2017. Redescription of Potamonautes sidneyi (Rathbun, 1904) (Decapoda, Potamonautidae) and description of a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ZooKeys 657: 1 - 28." type="journal article" year="2017">
|
||
Peer
|
||
<emphasis box="[620,677,1696,1718]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2017
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<emphasis box="[145,442,1727,1749]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Rathbun" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[145,399,1727,1749]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="sidneyi">Potamonautes sidneyi</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[408,442,1728,1749]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, is flat (
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[540,578,1727,1748]" name="Switzerland" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CH</collectingCountry>
|
||
/CL = 0.54) and large bodied (CWW =
|
||
<quantity box="[407,493,1758,1779]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" unit="mm" value="47.0">47 mm</quantity>
|
||
). When alive,
|
||
<emphasis box="[663,760,1758,1779]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
has a chocolate-brown colour with a purple pair of chelipeds with black tips (Supporting Information,
|
||
<figureCitation box="[145,246,1849,1871]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="14.[145,225,1371,1393]" captionTargetBox="[148,1422,649,1329]" captionTargetId="figure-428@14.[145,1425,646,1332]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figure 4. BEAST chronogram of the three concatenated mtDNA loci (16S rRNA, 12S rRNA + COI) dataset for all the described southern African Potamonautes species. Node bars show 95% highest posterior distributions for each divergence date estimate. The terminal labelled P. sp. nov., represents a yet undescribed species from Hogsback. Posterior probability values> 0.95 (PP) together with bootstrap values> 75% are shown above and below branches, respectively." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803593" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7803593/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Fig. S4C</figureCitation>
|
||
). In addition, two burrowing swamp forest dwelling species are in this clade,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Peer & Gouws" authorityYear="2015" box="[575,761,1880,1902]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isimangaliso">
|
||
<emphasis box="[575,761,1880,1902]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. isimangaliso</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[859,965,779,801]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[859,965,779,801]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. liƲidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Peer & Gouws" authorityYear="2015" box="[979,1295,779,801]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isimangaliso">
|
||
<emphasis box="[979,1295,779,801]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Potamonautes isimangaliso</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is endemic to the False Bay region of the
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Wetland Park" authorityName="Wetland Park" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isimangaliso">iSimangaliso Wetland Park</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the north-eastern
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1124,1420,840,862]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">KwaZulu-Natal Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
, while
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[880,987,871,893]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[880,987,871,893]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. liƲidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is present along the IOCB forest belt in
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[842,1028,901,923]" country="South Africa" name="KwaZulu-Natal" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">KwaZulu-Natal</collectingRegion>
|
||
and the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1138,1302,902,923]" country="South Africa" name="Eastern Cape" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Eastern Cape</collectingRegion>
|
||
provinces of
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[839,989,932,954]" name="South Africa" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Daniels SR & James N & Gouws G" box="[1008,1255,932,954]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="2221 - 2239" refId="ref19497" refString="Daniels SR, James N, Gouws G. 2020 b. Phylogeographic structure and continued surveys of a vulnerable South African freshwater crab (Potamonautidae, Potamonautes liVidus): implications for the IUCN Red Listing of the Afrotropical fauna. Aquatic ConserVation of Marine and FreshMater Ecosystems 30: 2221 - 2239." type="journal article" year="2020">
|
||
Daniels
|
||
<emphasis box="[1108,1168,932,954]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2020b
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Ecologically, both
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[869,1047,963,984]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isimangaliso">
|
||
<emphasis box="[869,1047,963,984]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. isimangaliso</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1108,1217,963,984]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1108,1217,963,984]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. liƲidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are distinct from
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,899,993,1015]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
, because these species burrow into soil in their respective habitats, while
|
||
<emphasis box="[1106,1198,1024,1046]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
is a boulder-stream dwelling species. The cephalothorax of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1283,1396,1055,1076]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1283,1396,1055,1076]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. liƲidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is ovoid, the postfrontal crest is incomplete, the carapace is vaulted and the branchial regions are convex.
|
||
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|
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<emphasis box="[809,1056,1147,1168]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Potamonautes liƲidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a sharp but small exorbital tooth but lacks epibranchial teeth and the carapace is highly vaulted (
|
||
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|
||
/CL = 0.64), indicative of a semiterrestrial mode of life (
|
||
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|
||
Gouws
|
||
<emphasis box="[1156,1211,1239,1260]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2001
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The species is moderately large (CWW =
|
||
<quantity box="[1159,1243,1270,1291]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.7" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" unit="mm" value="37.0">37 mm</quantity>
|
||
) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Gouws G & Stewart BA & Reavell PE" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="137 - 160" refId="ref19950" refString="Gouws G, Stewart BA, Reavell PE. 2001. A new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Potamonautidae) from the swamp forests of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: biochemical and morphological evidence. Crustaceana 74: 137 - 160." type="journal article" year="2001">
|
||
Gouws
|
||
<emphasis box="[1358,1418,1269,1291]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2001
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The chelipeds are highly arched and adapted for burrowing (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Gouws G & Stewart BA & Reavell PE" box="[944,1155,1331,1352]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="137 - 160" refId="ref19950" refString="Gouws G, Stewart BA, Reavell PE. 2001. A new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Potamonautidae) from the swamp forests of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: biochemical and morphological evidence. Crustaceana 74: 137 - 160." type="journal article" year="2001">
|
||
Gouws
|
||
<emphasis box="[1029,1086,1331,1352]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2001
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1177,1424,1331,1352]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1177,1424,1331,1352]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Potamonautes liƲidus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a silver-blue shine of its carapace and may also be red to dark orange in colour (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Gouws G & Stewart BA & Reavell PE" box="[1193,1410,1392,1414]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="137 - 160" refId="ref19950" refString="Gouws G, Stewart BA, Reavell PE. 2001. A new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Potamonautidae) from the swamp forests of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: biochemical and morphological evidence. Crustaceana 74: 137 - 160." type="journal article" year="2001">
|
||
Gouws
|
||
<emphasis box="[1280,1339,1392,1414]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2001
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The terminal segment of gonopod 1 is 0.25 times the length of the subterminal segment (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Gouws G & Stewart BA & Reavell PE" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="137 - 160" refId="ref19950" refString="Gouws G, Stewart BA, Reavell PE. 2001. A new species of freshwater crab (Decapoda: Potamonautidae) from the swamp forests of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: biochemical and morphological evidence. Crustaceana 74: 137 - 160." type="journal article" year="2001">
|
||
Gouws
|
||
<emphasis box="[1355,1409,1453,1475]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al</emphasis>
|
||
., 2001
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Similarly, the cephalothrax in
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[1247,1425,1484,1506]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isimangaliso">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1247,1425,1484,1506]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">P. isimangaliso</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is also ovoid, lacks epibranchial teeth, the exorbital teeth are reduced, the carapace is highly vaulted (
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1379,1417,1545,1566]" name="Switzerland" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">CH</collectingCountry>
|
||
/ CL = 0.57) and the species lacks any dentition on the anterolateral carapace margins (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Peer N & Perissinotto R & Gouws G & Miranda NAF" box="[1211,1409,1607,1629]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="23 - 43" refId="ref20873" refString="Peer N, Perissinotto R, Gouws G, Miranda NAF. 2015. Description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay 1938, from iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. ZooKeys 503: 23 - 43." type="journal article" year="2015">
|
||
Peer
|
||
<emphasis box="[1274,1335,1607,1628]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2015
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[809,1150,1637,1659]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isimangaliso">
|
||
<emphasis box="[809,1150,1637,1659]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Potamonautes isimangaliso</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
varies in colour from light brown, maroon, purple or brown/black in colour while it is light orange between the joints (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Peer N & Perissinotto R & Gouws G & Miranda NAF" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="23 - 43" refId="ref20873" refString="Peer N, Perissinotto R, Gouws G, Miranda NAF. 2015. Description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay 1938, from iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. ZooKeys 503: 23 - 43." type="journal article" year="2015">
|
||
Peer
|
||
<emphasis box="[1362,1419,1699,1720]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2015
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[893,1232,1729,1751]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="isimangaliso">
|
||
<emphasis box="[893,1232,1729,1751]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">Potamonautes isimangaliso</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is large bodied (CWW =
|
||
<quantity box="[915,1021,1760,1782]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.51" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" unit="mm" value="55.1">55.1 mm</quantity>
|
||
) and inhabits ephemeral pans in sand forest where it burrows into the soil to a depth of
|
||
<quantity box="[838,935,1821,1843]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.6" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="0.2" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" unit="cm" value="26.0" valueMax="50.0" valueMin="2.0">2–50 cm</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Peer N & Perissinotto R & Gouws G & Miranda NAF" box="[952,1142,1821,1843]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="23 - 43" refId="ref20873" refString="Peer N, Perissinotto R, Gouws G, Miranda NAF. 2015. Description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay 1938, from iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. ZooKeys 503: 23 - 43." type="journal article" year="2015">
|
||
Peer
|
||
<emphasis box="[1013,1071,1821,1843]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2015
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The terminal segment of gonopod 1 is short and 0.23 times the length of the subterminal segment (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Peer N & Perissinotto R & Gouws G & Miranda NAF" box="[1131,1326,1882,1904]" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025" pagination="23 - 43" refId="ref20873" refString="Peer N, Perissinotto R, Gouws G, Miranda NAF. 2015. Description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay 1938, from iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa. ZooKeys 503: 23 - 43." type="journal article" year="2015">
|
||
Peer
|
||
<emphasis box="[1193,1253,1883,1904]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="1025">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2015
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). In the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[163,421,197,219]" country="South Africa" name="Mpumalanga" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Mpumalanga Province</collectingRegion>
|
||
of
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[456,602,197,219]" name="South Africa" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">South Africa</collectingCountry>
|
||
, five additional species are present,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[419,547,228,250]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavusjo">
|
||
<emphasis box="[419,547,228,250]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. flaƲusjo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[564,772,228,250]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mariepskoppie">
|
||
<emphasis box="[564,772,228,250]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. mariepskoppie</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,317,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Rathbun" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[163,274,258,280]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sidneyi">P. sidneyi</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[282,317,259,280]" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" sensu="stricto">s.s.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stewart & Cook" authorityYear="1998" box="[331,475,259,280]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unispinus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[331,475,259,280]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. unispinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gordon" baseAuthorityYear="1929" box="[536,696,258,280]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Maritimonautes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calcaratus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[536,696,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">M. calcaratus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. These species can be easily distinguished from
|
||
<emphasis box="[671,772,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[163,418,320,341]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavusjo">
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,418,320,341]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Potamonautes flaƲusjo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a semi-terrestrial, burrowing species that lives in marsh (vlei) areas adjacent to small streams. In
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[302,421,381,403]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavusjo">
|
||
<emphasis box="[302,421,381,403]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. flaƲusjo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the habitat is burrows in peat soils adjacent to streams. The species burrows straight down into the peat soil to a depth of near
|
||
<quantity box="[640,685,443,464]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" unit="m" value="1.0">1 m</quantity>
|
||
, but the depth of the burrow will be determined by the watertable depth. During the winter months, the species seals the burrow entrance with soil from the tunnel and sits in a small, water-filled chamber at the base of the burrow. The species generally comes to the surface after the first summer rainfalls (Daniels, pers. obs.). The chelipeds of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[358,477,657,679]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavusjo">
|
||
<emphasis box="[358,477,657,679]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. flaƲusjo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
show limited adaptations for burrowing (
|
||
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|
||
Daniels
|
||
<emphasis box="[451,512,688,709]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavusjo">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Potamonautes flaƲusjo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a large-bodied species (CWW =
|
||
<quantity box="[656,771,718,740]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.842" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" unit="mm" value="58.42">58.42 mm</quantity>
|
||
) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Daniels SR & Phiri EE & Bayliss J" box="[172,405,749,771]" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" pagination="356 - 369" refId="ref19256" refString="Daniels SR, Phiri EE, Bayliss J. 2014. Renewed sampling of inland aquatic habitats in southern Africa yields two novel freshwater crab species (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 356 - 369." type="journal article" year="2014">
|
||
Daniels
|
||
<emphasis box="[272,332,749,771]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The carapace of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[627,750,749,771]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavusjo">
|
||
<emphasis box="[627,750,749,771]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. flaƲusjo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is highly arched (
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[342,381,780,801]" name="Switzerland" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">CH</collectingCountry>
|
||
/CL = 0.48) and the anterolateral margins of the carapace is smooth (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Daniels SR & Phiri EE & Bayliss J" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" pagination="356 - 369" refId="ref19256" refString="Daniels SR, Phiri EE, Bayliss J. 2014. Renewed sampling of inland aquatic habitats in southern Africa yields two novel freshwater crab species (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 356 - 369." type="journal article" year="2014">
|
||
Daniels
|
||
<emphasis box="[710,772,810,832]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). In addition,
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[413,545,841,863]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavusjo">
|
||
<emphasis box="[413,545,841,863]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. flaƲusjo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is sulphur yellow ventrally and has yellow spots on the dorsal carapace surface. The terminal segment of gonopod 1 is short and 0.24 times the length of the subterminal segment (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Daniels SR & Phiri EE & Bayliss J" box="[171,393,964,986]" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" pagination="356 - 369" refId="ref19256" refString="Daniels SR, Phiri EE, Bayliss J. 2014. Renewed sampling of inland aquatic habitats in southern Africa yields two novel freshwater crab species (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 356 - 369." type="journal article" year="2014">
|
||
Daniels
|
||
<emphasis box="[267,324,964,985]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
, 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[415,752,964,985]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mariepskoppie">
|
||
<emphasis box="[415,752,964,985]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Potamonautes mariepskoppie</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a narrow endemic species confined to the Mariepskop area of the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve where it occurs in swampy areas. The species has a modified cheliped, and the dactylus is large and shovel-shaped and adapted for burrowing into soft mud (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Daniels SR & Barnes A & Marais H & Gouws G" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" pagination="82 - 107" refId="ref19552" refString="Daniels SR, Barnes A, Marais H, Gouws G. 2021. Surveys of Afrotemperate forests yields two new freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Potamonautidae: Potamonautes) from South Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 782: 82 - 107." type="journal article" year="2021">
|
||
Daniels
|
||
<emphasis box="[163,230,1148,1169]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">et al.,</emphasis>
|
||
2021
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Unpublished genetic data corroborate the presence of the species at Haenertsburg in the Limpopo Province (Daniels, unpublished). In
|
||
<emphasis box="[681,773,1209,1231]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
, the dactylus and propodus are both highly arched, a pattern typically observed in stream-dwelling mountain crab species that live under rocks and boulders, and are not associated with a burrowing mode of life. In addition, in
|
||
<emphasis box="[479,571,1362,1384]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
, the anterolateral carapace margin lacks any dentition.
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Stewart & Cook" authorityYear="1998" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unispinus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Potamonautes unispinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a single tooth on the anterolateral carapace margin and is common and widespread in rivers (Stewart & Cook, 1997).
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Valles" authorityName="VALLES" authorityYear="2023" box="[505,734,1485,1507]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[505,734,1485,1507]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Potamonautes Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be differentiated from
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Rathbun" baseAuthorityYear="1904" box="[412,517,1516,1537]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sidneyi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[412,517,1516,1537]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. sidneyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[522,555,1516,1537]" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" sensu="stricto">
|
||
<emphasis box="[522,549,1516,1537]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">s.s</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
by its highly arched dactylus and propodus, and its confinement to fastflowing mountain streams.
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gordon" baseAuthorityYear="1929" box="[472,779,1577,1599]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Maritimonautes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL,GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calcaratus">
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</taxonomicName>
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is phylogenetically distinct from
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<emphasis box="[540,633,1608,1629]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
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, with a near ovoid and arched carapace (
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/CL = 0.51), and a thin spine-like tooth on the anterolateral carapace margin (
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;
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). In
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<emphasis box="[273,366,1730,1752]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
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, the anterolateral carapace margin is granulated and it lacks a spine. The chelipeds (both propodus and dactylus) of
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<emphasis box="[474,632,1791,1813]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">M. calcaratus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are flat and broad and adapted for digging (Daniels, pers. obs).
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<emphasis box="[163,479,1853,1874]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Maritomonautes calcaratus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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inhabits ephemeral pans, where it burrows into the soft, sandy edges of the pans to a depth of
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(
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Daniels
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<emphasis box="[1242,1302,197,219]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">et al.</emphasis>
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, 2002
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</bibRefCitation>
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). The terminal article of gonopod
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<emphasis box="[1194,1350,227,249]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">M. calcaratus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is short in comparison with
|
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<emphasis box="[1056,1149,258,280]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
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(
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). The distribution of
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<emphasis box="[1115,1268,289,311]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">M. calcaratus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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in
|
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|
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is restricted to the Mpumalanga Province where it is present in the Kruger National Park, and the species is also present in neighbouring
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1194,1342,381,403]" name="Mozambique" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
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(
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;
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||
). The distribution range and habitat of
|
||
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<emphasis box="[1282,1442,442,464]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">M. calcaratus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
does not overlap with
|
||
<emphasis box="[1078,1169,473,494]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">P. Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph blockId="21.[827,1443,530,613]" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">
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<emphasis box="[827,956,530,551]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Etymology:</emphasis>
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||
Named for its presence in valleys, hence the Latin word
|
||
<emphasis box="[1005,1070,561,582]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="1026">Ʋalles</emphasis>
|
||
was used as a species epithet. It is a noun in apposition.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
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