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(
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congoensis—
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, fig. 27.
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congoensis—
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–193, fig. 27.
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congoensis—
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congoensis—
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Ng 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC107BFFB5FE2EBD10DE59096B" box="[474,519,305,327]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">et al</emphasis>
. 2008: 171; Cumberlidge 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC107BFFB5FCE5BD10DF60096B" box="[785,830,305,327]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">et al</emphasis>
. 2009: appendix item 942.
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D.R. 
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(CW 44, CL 29), 
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(J. Chapin and H. Lang) (
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3354). 
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D.R. 
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3374); affluent of the Tshopo River, near Kisangani (
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3402); Bafwabaka (
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(J. Chapin and H. Lang) (
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3431); Bafwabaka, 
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(J. Chapin and H. Lang) (
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3439); Bafwasende (
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(J. Chapin and H. Lang) (
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3450).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="309D6565107BFFB5FF33BEB6DD040B4C" pageId="13" pageNumber="132" type="diagnosis">
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC107BFFB5FF33BEB6DD1F0A81" bold="true" box="[199,321,660,685]" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Postfrontal crest complete, exorbital tooth small, low; epibranchial tooth not visible; anterolateral margin smooth posterior to epibranchial tooth (Fig. 59B); ischium of third maxilliped with deep vertical sulcus (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FF6BBEFEDCBC0AD8" box="[159,226,732,757]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
J); thoracic sternal sulcus s3/s4 deep at sides, absent in middle (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FC57BEFEDFB80AD8" box="[931,998,732,757]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
C); first carpal tooth on inner margin of carpus of cheliped medium-size, pointed, second carpal tooth small, broad, followed by low tooth (
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F,G); G1 terminal article widened basally then directed strongly outward at a 45° angle, tapering to short, slender up-curved tip (
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A,B).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="309D6565107BFFB5FF33BF4ED9310F7C" pageId="13" pageNumber="132" type="description">
<paragraph id="783836EE107BFFB5FF33BF4EDF440EC8" blockId="13.[151,1437,372,2017]" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC107BFFB5FF33BF4EDD330BA9" bold="true" box="[199,365,876,901]" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Redescription</emphasis>
. Carapace texture smooth, postfrontal crest complete, epigastric lobes continuous with postorbital crests, lateral ends of postorbital crests meeting anterolateral margins; median sulcus between epigastric crests short, forked posteriorly (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FDF1BF96DE140BE0" box="[517,586,948,973]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
B). Exorbital tooth small, low; epibranchial tooth not visible; anterolateral margin between exorbital, epibranchial teeth short, smooth, lacking intermediate tooth; anterolateral margin smooth posterior to epibranchial tooth (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FDA8BFDEDEFE0C38" box="[604,672,1020,1045]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
B). Suborbital margin smooth (
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A). Carapace medium height (
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/FW 1.25); front narrow, measuring almost one-quarter width of carapace (FW/CW 0.26) (
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A). Cervical carapace grooves faint, semi-circular, urogastric, cardiac, posterior carapace grooves all distinct (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FAD6B866D9350C70" box="[1314,1387,1092,1117]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
B). Sidewall of carapace with distinct vertical sulcus, ending at longitudinal sulcus, dividing sidewall into three parts (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FF6BB8AEDCBC0C88" box="[159,226,1164,1189]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
A). Exopod of third maxilliped with long flagellum, ischium of third maxilliped with deep sulcus (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FACAB8AED9DC0C88" box="[1342,1410,1164,1189]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
J). Epistomial tooth large triangular. Mandibular palp two-segmented, terminal segment simple (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FB09B88DD90C0CE4" box="[1277,1362,1199,1224]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="16.[151,250,1311,1333]" captionTargetBox="[411,1175,373,1289]" captionTargetId="figure@16.[411,1176,373,1289]" captionTargetPageId="16" captionText="FIGURE 11. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Congo River at Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3353). Whole animal A, dorsal view; B, ventral view. Scale bar: 20 mm (A – B)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231933/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
F, G). Thoracic sternal sulcus s2/s3 complete running horizontally across sternum; s3/s4 deep at sides, faint or absent in middle (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FF07B8D5DD680D3C" box="[243,310,1271,1296]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
C). Thoracic episternal sulci s4/e4, s5/e5, s6/e6, and s7/e7 all deep (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FBDCB8D5D8340D3C" box="[1064,1130,1271,1296]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
C). Chelipeds of adult male unequal (
<figureCitation id="E0BC2A6B107BFFB5FF0BB93EDD1C0D18" box="[255,322,1308,1333]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="14.[151,250,1520,1542]" captionTargetBox="[306,1284,297,1484]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[288,1299,287,1498]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="FIGURE 9. Potamonautes congoensis (Rathbun, 1921). Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D. R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A – I), 3.5 mm (J)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/231931/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
D, E). Propodus of major (left) cheliped of adult male with swollen palm 1.5 times as long as high, lower margin convex, immovable finger slim; dactylus (moveable finger) of major cheliped long, widened, curved, enclosing wide oval space when closed; teeth irregular, all small; dactylus of 
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cheliped long, slender, not arched, fingers almost meeting (
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D,E). First carpal tooth of inner margin of carpus of cheliped slender, pointed, second carpal tooth small, broad, followed by low tooth (
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F, G). Lateral, medial inferior margins of merus of cheliped faintly granular; distal meral tooth reduced to granule; superior surface of merus smooth (
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F, G). Walking legs (p2—p5) moderate length, slender; merus of p2 3.4 times as long as wide; merus of p5 3 times as long as wide (
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A, B). Abdomen outline broadly triangular with straight edges; telson (a7) as long as a6, a7 subtriangular, broader than long, margins slightly sinuous, tip rounded (
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Fig. 
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I). G1 terminal article widened basally then directed strongly outward at a 45° angle, tapering to short, slender up-curved tip; G1 terminal article about one-third as long as subterminal segment, longitudinal groove visible on dorsal, superior, ventral sides (
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A,B,C). Broad dorsal membrane on dorsal face of G1 between terminal article and subterminal segment (
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B). G2 terminal article long, flagellum-like (
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D).
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC107BFFB5FF33BACDDCA00F24" bold="true" box="[199,254,1775,1800]" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Size.</emphasis>
Medium-size species, adult starting at CW 
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. Hatchlings on mother’s abdomen CW 2.9, CL 2.7.
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC107BFFB5FF33BB36DD4E0F01" bold="true" box="[199,272,1812,1837]" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Color.</emphasis>
Dorsal carapace dark glossy black/purple, eyestalks with orange tint, mouthparts gray/blue, thoracic sternum pale gray/yellow, abdomen blue/white, chelipeds pale black/purple, walking legs mottled grey/yellow.
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locality.
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Nepoko River at Bafwabaka near Gamangui (Ituri Forest), Orientale Province, D.R. 
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. Close to the town of Bomili where the Nepoko River joins the Ituri River to form the Aruwimi River that flows through the Okapi Wildlife Reserve.
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC107BFFB5FF33BBEADDE20FCD" bold="true" box="[199,444,1992,2017]" pageId="13" pageNumber="132">Conservation status.</emphasis>
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was listed as Least Concern (
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2003
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; Cumberlidge 
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.
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2009) because it is known from 13 localities and occupies a wide distributional range of over 
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2. There is no evidence of a decline in the extent and quality of its habitat and there are no long-term threats to its habitat from disturbance and pollution (
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).
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1078FFB6FF63B9D2DD480E29" bold="true" box="[151,278,1520,1542]" pageId="14" pageNumber="133">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
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. Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D.R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, carapace, frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, anterior thoracic sternum; D, right cheliped, frontal view; E, left cheliped, frontal view; F, carpus and merus of right cheliped, dorsal view; G, carpus and merus of right cheliped, ventral view; H, pereiopod 3; I, pleon (abdomen); J, third maxilliped, frontal view. Scale bar: 14.2 mm (A–I), 3.5 mm (J).
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1079FFB7FF63BA1ADD7D0E61" bold="true" box="[151,291,1592,1614]" pageId="15" pageNumber="134">FIGURE 10.</emphasis>
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. Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Nepoko River near Kisangani, D.R. Congo (AMNH 3354). A, G1 ventral view; B, G1 dorsal view; C, superior view of terminal article; D, G2 ventral view; E, mandible frontal view; F, mandibular palp superior view. Scale bar: 4.5 mm (A–D), 2.5 mm (E–F).
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1079FFB7FF33BA90DD3E0EE7" bold="true" box="[199,352,1714,1739]" pageId="15" pageNumber="134">Distribution.</emphasis>
This species is found in the tributaries of the Upper 
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River at Kisangani and northeast to the upper Uele River basin of the D.R. 
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close to the border with 
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and 
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(
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). The species is found at Bafwabaka, Bafwasende, and Kisangani in the Orientale Province of the D.R. 
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in tributaries of the Tshopo River that flows into the 
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River (
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). 
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is also know from the following localities in the D.R. 
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: Tshopo Province, Boulevard Lumumba, Kisangani (
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, 
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) (MRAC 24.031); Medje (
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, 
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); MRAC 1.280, Ituri (
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, 
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) (MRAC 1.324); Manda (Mandai) N25 (
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, 
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) (MRAC 1.351); Beni, Kivu-Nord Province (
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, 
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) (MRAC 1.549); Banalia (
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, 
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) (MRAC 0.074); Kibali, Ituri, Orientale Province (
<geoCoordinate id="1DB350291079FFB7FB90BB8DD89E0FEA" box="[1124,1216,1967,1991]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="15" pageNumber="134" precision="555" value="2.37">2.37° N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="1DB350291079FFB7FB38BB8DD96E0FEB" box="[1228,1328,1967,1991]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="15" pageNumber="134" precision="555" value="27.93">27.93° E</geoCoordinate>
) (MRAC 0.100); Arebi (
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, 
<geoCoordinate id="1DB350291079FFB7FE5EBBF0DE510FC7" box="[426,527,2002,2027]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="15" pageNumber="134" precision="555" value="29.56">29.56° E</geoCoordinate>
) (MRAC 0.235-0.238); Wamba, 
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, Orientale Province (
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, 
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) (MRAC 0.299); Poko, Bas Uélé Province (
<geoCoordinate id="1DB350291066FFA8FD1FBCB5DF180883" box="[747,838,151,176]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" precision="555" value="3.15">3.15° N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="1DB350291066FFA8FCA5BCB5DFEB089C" box="[849,949,151,176]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" precision="555" value="26.88">26.88° E</geoCoordinate>
) (MRAC 1.019); and Aba (
<geoCoordinate id="1DB350291066FFA8FB1FBCBAD9190883" box="[1259,1351,152,176]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" precision="555" value="3.87">3.87° N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="1DB350291066FFA8FAA6BCBADCF708F8" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" precision="555" value="30.23">30.23° E</geoCoordinate>
) (MRAC 1.252). The identity of specimens (
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, 
<specimenCount id="6E81FD671066FFA8FD07BC9EDF2F08F9" box="[755,881,188,213]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" type="juvenile">2 juveniles</specimenCount>
) collected by J. P. Chapin in 
<date id="0C39102E1066FFA8FB3CBC9ED96A08F9" box="[1224,1332,188,213]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" value="1916-02">Feb 1916</date>
(AMNH 4518) from 
<collectingCountry id="0090767E1066FFA8FEE9BCFDDD3608D4" box="[285,360,223,248]" name="Gabon" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Gabon</collectingCountry>
(listed as belonging to this species by 
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FCEDBCFDDFE608D4" author="Rathbun" box="[793,952,223,248]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1921) Brachyuran Crabs of the Belgian Congo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 43, 379 - 468." type="journal article" year="1921">Rathbun 1921</bibRefCitation>
) as “ 
<collectingCountry id="0090767E1066FFA8FC04BCFDD8C808D4" box="[1008,1174,223,248]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">French Congo</collectingCountry>
: Libreville, 
<collectingCountry id="0090767E1066FFA8FAE9BCFDD92608D4" box="[1309,1400,223,248]" name="Gabon" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Gaboon</collectingCountry>
” is doubtful because the descriptions and illustrations of these specimens indicate that they may not prove to belong to this species. These specimens have not been included in this revision of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FC34BD0BD8060913" box="[960,1112,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P. congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="783836EE1066FFA8FF63B93DD9540D7F" blockId="16.[151,1436,1311,1363]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FF63B93DDD7A0D18" bold="true" box="[151,292,1311,1333]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FEDBB902DEA60D19" authority="Rathbun, 1921" authorityName="Rathbun" authorityYear="1921" box="[303,760,1311,1333]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congoensis">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FEDBB902DE620D19" box="[303,572,1312,1333]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Potamonautes congoensis</emphasis>
(Rathbun, 1921)
</taxonomicName>
. Holotype, adult male, CW 44 mm, from the Congo River at Kisangani, D.R. Congo (AMNH 3353). Whole animal A, dorsal view; B, ventral view. Scale bar: 20 mm (A–B).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="783836EE1066FFA8FF33B959D9D70D94" blockId="16.[151,1437,1403,2004]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FF33B959DD740DB8" bold="true" box="[199,298,1403,1428]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Habitat.</emphasis>
This species was first captured in traditional fish-traps set in heavily forested affluents of the Bomokandi River at Poko that were baited with decomposed manioc (to attract crabs and fishes such as silurids).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="309D65651066FFA9FF33B9E1D92F0EAF" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="136" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="783836EE1066FFA8FF33B9E1DE7C0ED7" blockId="16.[151,1437,1403,2004]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FF33B9E1DD650DF0" bold="true" box="[199,315,1475,1500]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Remarks.</emphasis>
This redescription is necessary because Bott’s (1955) classification erroneously treated 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FA73B9E6DD4A0DD3" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P. congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a junior synonym of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FDEBB9CADE6F0DD3" box="[543,561,1512,1535]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FDB0B9C5DF450DD3" box="[580,795,1511,1535]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Lobopotamonautes</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FCDEB9C5DFA80DD3" box="[810,1014,1511,1535]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">aloysiisabaudinae</emphasis>
(Nobili, 1906)
</taxonomicName>
from western 
<collectingCountry id="0090767E1066FFA8FACAB9C5D9C70E2C" box="[1342,1433,1511,1536]" name="Uganda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Uganda</collectingCountry>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FF63BA2EDD440E08" author="Bott" box="[151,282,1547,1572]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Suβwasserkrabben von Afrika und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge, 1 (3), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott (1955)</bibRefCitation>
also treated 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FE59BA2EDE4C0E0F" box="[429,530,1548,1571]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Potamon</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FDD0BA29DE9E0E0F" box="[548,704,1547,1571]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Geothelphusa</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FD26BA29DF770E0F" box="[722,809,1547,1571]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">antheus</emphasis>
Colosi, 1920
</taxonomicName>
, from 
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as a junior synonym of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FA73BA2ED9C40E0F" box="[1415,1434,1548,1571]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FF54BA12DCE90E6B" box="[160,183,1584,1607]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FF33BA0DDDDB0E6B" box="[199,389,1583,1607]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">aloysiisabaudiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FE67BA12DE4B0E64" author="Bott" box="[403,533,1583,1608]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Bott, R. (1955) Die Suβwasserkrabben von Afrika und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge, 1 (3), 209 - 352." type="journal article" year="1955">Bott (1955)</bibRefCitation>
nevertheless reached this conclusion without reference to the 
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material of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FA73BA12DD4A0E47" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P. congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FEB5BA76DD9E0E47" box="[321,448,1619,1643]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FEB5BA76DDE20E47" box="[321,444,1619,1643]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Potamon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antheus">P. antheus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
For this reason the present work is based on the examination of the 
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of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FA73BA76DD4A0EA3" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P. congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and of all other relevant taxa. Subsequent authors (
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FC6FBA55D8240EA3" author="Cumberlidge" box="[923,1146,1655,1680]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Cumberlidge, N. (1997) The African and Madagascan freshwater crabs in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 99 B, 571 - 589." type="journal article" year="1997">Cumberlidge 1997</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FB79BA55D8960EA3" author="Cumberlidge" box="[1165,1224,1655,1679]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Cumberlidge, N. (1998) The African and Madagascan freshwater crabs in the Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidea), Spixiana, 21 (3), 193 - 214." type="journal article" year="1998">1998</bibRefCitation>
; Ng 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FAF9BA5AD91B0EA3" box="[1293,1349,1655,1679]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">et al</emphasis>
. 2008; Cumberlidge 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FEC2BABEDD2B0E9F" box="[310,373,1691,1715]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">et al.</emphasis>
2009), including the present study, did not follow Bott’s (1955) opinions and treated 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FA73BABEDD0B0EFB" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P. aloysiisabaudiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FE90BAE2DE5B0EFB" box="[356,517,1728,1751]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FE90BAE2DE5F0EFB" box="[356,513,1728,1751]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congoensis">P. congoensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FDB4BAE2DEEA0EFB" box="[576,692,1727,1751]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P. antheus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as valid species (
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FC74BA9DD8E70EF4" author="Reed" box="[896,1209,1727,1752]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Reed, S. K. &amp; Cumberlidge, N. (2006) Taxonomy and biogeography of the freshwater crabs of Tanzania, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae, Platythelphusidae, Deckeniidae). Zootaxa, 1262, 1 - 139." type="journal article" year="2006">Reed &amp; Cumberlidge 2006</bibRefCitation>
; Cumberlidge 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FA96BAE2D9CB0EFB" box="[1378,1429,1727,1751]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">et al</emphasis>
. 2009; 
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FF29BAC1DE480ED7" author="Cumberlidge" box="[221,534,1763,1788]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Cumberlidge, N. &amp; Clark, P. F. (2012) The freshwater crabs of Ethiopia, northeastern Africa, with the description of a new Potamonautes cave species (Brachyura: Potamonautidae). Contributions to Zoology, 81, 235 - 251." type="journal article" year="2012">Cumberlidge &amp; Clark 2012</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="783836EE1066FFA9FF33BB25D88708D4" blockId="16.[151,1437,1403,2004]" lastBlockId="17.[151,1434,151,248]" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="136" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FF33BB25DD320F0C" bold="true" box="[199,364,1799,1824]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Comparisons.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FE80BB2ADEC60F33" box="[372,664,1800,1823]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congoensis">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FE80BB2ADEC60F33" box="[372,664,1800,1823]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Potamonautes congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is abundant from the upper reaches of the 
<collectingCountry id="0090767E1066FFA8FB8CBB25D89D0F33" box="[1144,1219,1799,1823]" name="Republic of the Congo" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Congo</collectingCountry>
and Uele Rivers in the forested region northeast of Kisangani in D.R. 
<collectingCountry id="0090767E1066FFA8FD3CBB09DF4D0F6F" box="[712,787,1835,1859]" name="Republic of the Congo" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
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). 
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FC73BB0ED8F40F6F" box="[903,1194,1836,1859]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congoensis">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FC73BB0ED8F40F6F" box="[903,1194,1836,1859]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Potamonautes congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be recognized by the characters listed in the diagnosis. Illustrations and photographs of the 
<typeStatus id="A73C884C1066FFA8FC0CBB6DD8040F44" box="[1016,1114,1871,1896]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of 
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FB73BB72D97D0F4B" box="[1159,1315,1872,1895]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congoensis">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FB73BB72D97D0F4B" box="[1159,1315,1872,1895]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">P. congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were also provided by 
<bibRefCitation id="1C164B1F1066FFA8FEC5BB51DFE60FA7" author="Rathbun" box="[305,952,1907,1932]" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" refString="Rathbun, M. J. (1921) Brachyuran Crabs of the Belgian Congo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 43, 379 - 468." type="journal article" year="1921">Rathbun (1921: 422, fig. 11, plate 28, fig. 3; fig. 29)</bibRefCitation>
as 
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FC1FBB56D9CA0FA7" box="[1003,1428,1907,1931]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamidae" genus="Potamon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congoensis" subGenus="Geothelphusa">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FC1FBB56D80E0FA7" box="[1003,1104,1908,1931]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Potamon</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FB92BB51D95F0FA7" box="[1126,1281,1907,1931]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Geothelphusa</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FAECBB56D9CA0FA7" box="[1304,1428,1908,1931]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<taxonomicName id="BF874D6D1066FFA8FF63BBBADDE30F83" box="[151,445,1944,1967]" class="Malacostraca" family="Potamonautidae" genus="Potamonautes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="16" pageNumber="135" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congoensis">
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FF63BBBADDE30F83" box="[151,445,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Potamonautes congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is superficially similar to two other species of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1066FFA8FC15BBBAD8DF0F83" box="[993,1153,1944,1967]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="135">Potamonautes</emphasis>
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that occur in the 
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River basin in Central Africa whose exorbital and epibranchial teeth are reduced to granules, and whose anterolateral carapace margins are smooth (
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; Cumberlidge 2009). These similar species are 
<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FACABCBBD9C60883" box="[1342,1432,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. e m i n i</emphasis>
(Hilgendorf, 1892), from northwestern 
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and western 
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(
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) and 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FA73BC9FDD5708D4" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. perparvus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
from eastern D.R. 
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and 
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(
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FF63B92FDD410D0E" bold="true" box="[151,287,1293,1315]" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
Map of the D.R. Congo in Central Africa showing the known localities of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FBE5B92CD8C40D0F" box="[1041,1178,1294,1315]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. congoensis</emphasis>
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(black circles, not shown to scale). See text for exact locality coordinates.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FF33B94DDDB00DAA" box="[199,494,1391,1414]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">Potamonautes congoensis</emphasis>
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is similar to 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FD78B94DDEB80DAA" box="[652,742,1391,1414]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. emini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that both species possess a distinct postfrontal crest that completely crosses the carapace, smooth (untoothed) anterolateral margins; a sternal sulcus s3/s4 that is deep at the sides and absent in the middle; a deep vertical sulcus on the third maxilliped ischium; a first carpal tooth of the cheliped that is a large spine; and a second carpal tooth that is small with another small tooth behind it. These two species can nevertheless be distinguished by carapace and G1 characters. For example, 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FB9FB9DDD95D0E3A" box="[1131,1283,1535,1558]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a mediumsize species, adult from CW 
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, whereas 
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is a small-size species, adult from CW 
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. Furthermore, the basal half of the G1 terminal article of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FCE5BA65DFF40E72" box="[785,938,1607,1630]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. congoensis</emphasis>
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is widened (
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A, B), whereas the basal half of the G1 terminal article of 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FDFEBA49DE3D0EAE" box="[522,611,1643,1666]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. emini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is slim and is not significantly widened (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="783836EE1067FFA9FF33BAADD8E80F53" blockId="17.[151,1437,1390,1919]" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FF33BAADDDAB0E8A" box="[199,501,1679,1702]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">Potamonautes congoensis</emphasis>
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is similar to 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FD5ABAADDF180E8A" box="[686,838,1679,1702]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. perparvus</emphasis>
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in that both species possess smooth, untoothed anterolateral margins, a deep vertical sulcus on the third maxilliped ischium, a first carpal tooth of the cheliped that is a large spine, and a second carpal tooth that is small with another small tooth behind it. These two species can nevertheless be distinguished by carapace and G1 characters. 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FCA3BAD9D8250F3E" box="[855,1147,1787,1810]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">Potamonautes congoensis</emphasis>
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has a distinct postfrontal crest that completely crosses the carapace (
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B), whereas the postfrontal crest is faint and weak in 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FAFCBB3DD9CB0F1A" box="[1288,1429,1823,1846]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. perparvus</emphasis>
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, and the sternal sulcus s3/s4 is deep at the sides and absent in the middle in 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FBF5BB61D8C20F76" box="[1025,1180,1859,1882]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. congoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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C), but is deep throughout and completely crosses the sternum in 
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<emphasis id="4AF3EAFC1067FFA9FD3FBB45DF060F52" box="[715,856,1895,1918]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="136">P. perparvus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
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