Two New Sympatric Aquatic Freshwater Crab Species, Megapleonum taishanense sp. nov. and Cantopotamon chixiense sp. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae), from Taishan, Guangdong, China.

2026/01/01 by Chao Huang, Bernhard Bein, Junda Zhao · 1 voice
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Clade #Crustacean biology and ecology #Freshwater crab #Freshwater fish #Freshwater shrimp #Key (lock) #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy #Sympatric speciation #Taxonomy (biology)

paper · doi:10.6620/zs.2026.65-14

openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/04/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Huang, Shih & Ahyong 2018, supporting the current taxonomic treatment of both new species.

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• I've always been fascinated with biodiversity, dreaming of discovering new species. That dream has finally come true: We found two new crab species tugged away in small streamlets in Guangdong! This j [bsky, 4 points, 1 comments]

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