taxonID	type	description	language	source
0F1087FB6E22FFFCFEDA52A2FC1CFC76.taxon	description	(Figure 1)	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
0F1087FB6E22FFFCFEDA52A2FC1CFC76.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Nontype. Uganda. Six males (cw 44.3 – 12.4), three females (cw 23 – 12.9), stn El. 34, Kamijaro River, Manafwa sector, Mt Elgon, 1204 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 28 December 1960 (NHM 2008.3143 – 3150); six males (cw 37.6 – 25.1, 1 damaged), three females (cw 30.2 – 23.2), stn El. 49, Manafwa River, Manafwa sector, Mt Elgon, 1280 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 1 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3163 – 3171); one male (cw 19), three females (cw 28 – 11.3), stn El 60, Liisi River, Manafwa sector, Mt Elgon, 1219 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 1 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3139 – 3142); one male (cw 38), one female (cw 32.2), stn El. 78, Nalakwa River, Manafwa sector, Mt Elgon, 1402 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 3 January 1961, with P. loveni (NHM 2008.3301 – 3302); one male (cw 54), stn El. 79, Nalakwa River, Manafwa sector, Mt Elgon, 1402 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 3 January 1961 (NHM 2008. 3307); eight males (cw 32.2 – 13.6), two females (cw 30.6, 13.8), stn El 81 Zuzu River, Namaiala sector, Mt Elgon, 1374 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 3 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3151 – 3162); two males (cw 49, 40.3), three females (cw 59.2 – 42.6), stn El 123, Buyi River, Mt Elgon, 1374 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 10 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3322 – 3326); two males (cw 38.1, 37.4), stn El 130, Siroko River, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1097 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 11 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3137 – 3138); two female adults (cw 58.9, 52.1), three female subadults (cw 27.2 – 29.9), two juvs (cw 15.7, 15.4), River Somso, Budongo Forest (crabs with Simulium pupae), coll. G. Barnley (NHM 1955.11.8.30 – 33); one male (cw 42.1), lakeshore, Jinja, 701 m asl, coll. R. H. Lowe, 1 August 1953, pres. P. S. Corbet, EAFRO (NHM 2010.30); one female (cw 39.3), Ripon Falls, Lake Victoria, coll. 3 May 1954, pres. P. S. Corbet, EAFRO (NHM 2010.32); one male (cw 54.7), caught in gill nets set between Sagits and Vumba Island, coll. J. Hinchcliffe, 15 February 1956, pres. P. S. Corbet, EAFRO (NHM 2010.33); one male (cw 41.0), Rivers Agoye, Nyara, Wariki, Aduka of the Ala River and Ora River drainage systems near Arua, West Nile, coll. P. Hainsworth, July – August 1955 (NHM 2010.38); one female (cw 51.1), caught in gill net set in Pilkington Bay, Lake Victoria, coll. J. D. Roberts, 25 February 1955, pres. P. S. Corbet, EAFRO (NHM 2010.31). Kenya. One male (cw 53.4), stn EA 62.141, Sergoi River at Soy (between Eldoret and Kitale) Kakamega to Kitale region (0 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N, 35 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E, DD 0.58, 35.02), Western Province, Kenya, 26 March 1961, with Potamonautes loveni (NHM 2008.3388); two adult males (cw 67.7, 56.2) two adult females (cw 61.5, 61.3), Yala River, Kaimoisi, 2000 m asl, coll. I. Gordon, 9 June 1964 (NHM 2010.1 – 4). Egypt. Several subadults and juvs, first cataract of the Nile, Aswan, coll. W. Langmore (NHM 1892.10.23.1 – 6); adult female (cw 48.7), Nile near Cairo, coll. S. S. Flower (NHM 2010.5); adult female, Nile near Samannud, coll. 14 July 1899 (NHM 1908.1.9.1); adult ovig. female (cw 48.6), Nile near Cairo, Giza Zoological Museum, Zoological Survey of Egypt, coll. S. S. Flower, 19 January 1922 (NHM 1922.11.22.12 – 17); subadult female (cw 41.7), Nile at Turah near Cairo, Giza Zoological Museum, Zoological Survey of Egypt, coll. C. S. Boyes, 17 February 1919, pres. S. S. Flower, 19 January 1922 (NHM 1922.11.22.12 – 17); subadult female (cw 44.9), Nile at Turah near Cairo, Giza Zoological Museum, Zoological Survey of Egypt, coll. C. S. Boyes, 17 February 1919, pres. S. S. Flower, 19 January 1922 (NHM 1922.11.22.12 – 17); ovig. female (cw 39.7), Nile near Cairo, Giza Zoological Museum, Zoological Survey of Egypt, coll. S. S. Flower, 19 January 1922 (NHM 1922.11.22.12 – 17); female subadult (cw 46), Nile at Turah near Cairo, Giza Zoological Museum, Zoological Survey of Egypt, coll. C. S. Boyes, 17 February 1919, pres. S. S. Flower, 19 January 1922 (NHM 1922.11.22.12 – 17). Israel or Gaza. Subadults, male (cw 21.9), female (cw 18.2), Palestine (exact locality uncertain, may be present day Israel or Gaza), (NHM 1865.64). Diagnosis Based on adult male specimens. Postfrontal crest complete, distinct; epigastric, postorbital crests fused; postorbital crests extending laterally to meet anterolateral margins; exorbital, epibranchial teeth both strong, sharp; anterolateral margin immediately behind epibranchial tooth with row of distinct spines; thoracic sternal suture s 3 / s 4 complete; dactylus of major cheliped strongly arched enclosing broad oval interspace when closed; first carpal tooth on carpus of cheliped strong, pointed, second carpal tooth weak, low, blunt; ventral margins of merus of pereiopod 1 both granulated; distal meral tooth strong, pointed; terminal article of GO 1 long, s-shaped, widened in middle, ventral lobe thickened, higher than dorsal lobe, dorsal membrane broad. Large-sized species, adult size range from cw 54 to cw 63 mm. Distribution	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
0F1087FB6E22FFFCFEDA52A2FC1CFC76.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
0F1087FB6E22FFFCFEDA52A2FC1CFC76.taxon	description	Potamonautes niloticus is listed (IUCN 2009) as least concern (LC) in view of its wide distribution, estimated stable population size and abundance (it supports small-scale local fisheries in Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya), and the lack of known widespread long-term threats. The stable population estimates are based on the fact that there are large numbers of specimens in museum collections, and on recent collections of this species from Uganda and Kenya, which implies that East African populations are stable, although anecdotal evidence indicates that the populations in Egypt north of the Aswan Dam may well be in decline because the most recent collection date (1922) available is from Lower Egypt (Cumberlidge 2008; Cumberlidge et al. 2009). Remarks The type specimen deposited in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris is a dried male, collected from Egypt by Rüppell in 1830 and is in poor condition (Capart 1954). Consequently the diagnosis given here is based on a non-type adult male specimen collected from the Yala River, Kaimoisi, Kenya (see Figure 1) that conforms to the published description of the type. The NHM material from Palestine is worthy of comment because it was initially catalogued as four specimens (one male, three female) of Gecarcinus. All were registered under NHM accession number 1865.64, subsequently re-examined, and identified (by person unknown) as comprising two species. Two adult females (one ovig.) were determined as Thelphusa berardi [now Potamonautes berardi (Audouin, 1826)], and the others as T. nilotica (now P. niloticus). Both jars retained the original registration number and the identifications are confirmed here to species level. The record of P. berardi from “ Palestine ”, which was only previously known to occur as far north as Medinet el Fayum on the Nile, suggests that these two species of Potamonautes were sympatric with the potamid Potamon potamios (Olivier, 1804) which occurs in the eastern Mediterranean region as far south as Israel, Palestine, and El Quseima (Kosseima) in north east Sinai (NHM 1922.11.22.32 – 33 and NHM 1928.6.7.1 – 2) in Egypt (Brandis et al. 2000). However, the age of the museum material reported on here means that the distribution status of these three species of freshwater crabs requires updating.	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
0F1087FB6E26FFF6FE3B522DFC43FD46.taxon	description	(Figures 2 – 4)	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
0F1087FB6E26FFF6FE3B522DFC43FD46.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Type material. Uganda. Holotype. Adult male (cw 47), stn El. 142, Jabtarit River, Kiriki sector, Mt Elgon, 2134 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 14 January 1961 (NHM 2008.1000). Paratypes. Adult male (cw 47.7), five subadult males (cw 39.0 – 25.8), four subadult females (cw 37.7 – 28.7), 12 juvs, stns El. 140 and El. 141, Jabtarit River, Kiriki sector, Mt Elgon, 2073 m asl coll. T. R. Williams, 14 January 1961 (NHM 2010.6 – 27); one subadult male (cw 38.5), one subadult female (cw 40.5), small rivers and streams above 1372 m asl, western slopes of Mt Elgon, coll. G. R. Barnley, 1957 (NMU TRW 1959.04); eight males (cw 31.2 – 10.6), five females (cw 37.6 – 15.1), 15 juvs, stn El. 18, Lasu River, Malawa sector, Mt Elgon, 1539 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 27 December 1960 (NHM 2008.3172 – 3181); one male (cw 46.7) River Sume, western slopes of Mt Elgon, 1524 m asl, coll. M. A. Prentice, 12 September 1960, pres. T. R. Williams (NHM 2008.3259); two males (cw 15.9, 13.5), five females (cw 35.9 – 19.5), 19 juvs, stn El. 36, Ririma River, Malawa sector, Mt Elgon, 1829 m asl, T. R. Williams, 29 December 1960 (NHM 2008.3219 – 3228); stn El. 62, four males (cw 38.8 – 16.7), 12 females (cw 38.8 – 14.8), 12 juvs, Manafwa River, Malawa sector, Mt Elgon, 1402 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 1 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3229 – 3238); four males (cw 34.1 – 13.8), nine males (cw 29.7 – 12.2), seven juvs, stn El. 104, Namaugutu River, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1555 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 8 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3312 – 3312); nine males (cw 45.0 – 38.00), eight females (cw 29.4 – 14.1), 10 juvs, stn El. 65, Sago-Sago River, Malawa sector, Mt Elgon, 1402 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 1 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3412 – 3421); one male (cw 29.9), three females (cw 34.4 – 23.8), stn El. 90 Tayaka River, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1463 m asl, from soil among roots at stream edge, coll. T. R. Williams, 7 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3005 – 3008); two males (damaged), two females (cw 47.8, one damaged) stn El. 97, Sisiwachi River, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1585 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 8 January 1961 (NHM 2008. 3001 – 3004); stn El. 101, Namatala River, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1463 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 8 January 1961 (NMU TRW 8. I. 1961); several males (cw 30.6 – 14.2), eight females (cw 37.0 – 16.4), 24 juvs, stn El. 102, Namatala River, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1463 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 8 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3422 – 3431); 10 males (cw 37.0 – 15.9), nine females (cw 37.2 – 14.7), nine juvs, stn El. 145, north Sirokomu River, Kiriki sector, Mt Elgon, 2134 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 14 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3432 – 3441); three males (cw 27 – 10.40, six females (cw 20.9 – 11.2), seven juvs, stn El. 171, Atar River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1829 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 16 January 61 (NHM 2008.3239 – 3248); five males (cw 35.4 – 12.5), one female (cw 29.2), six juvs, stn El. 172, Kyeseberi River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1829 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 16 January 1961 (NHM 2008. 3249 – 3258); one subadult male (cw 20.5), two subadults / juvs (cw 16.0, 16.5), stn El. 29, Namikoma River, Malawa sector, Mt Elgon, 1372 m asl, with P. niloticus, coll. T. R. Williams 28 December 1960 (NMU El. 29); juv. males (cw 21.5), stn El. 179, Sipi stream, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1463 m asl, bearing Simulium neavei, coll. T. R. Williams, 17 January 1961 (NMU El. 179); two juvs (cw 24.5, 26.0) Sipi Falls, Sipi River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, coll. T. R. Williams (NMU TRW 1961.02); one subadult male (cw 28.5) one subadult female (cw 27.5) coll. Dr. Buttner, 20 July 1969 (NMU 20 July 1969); two adult ovig. females (cw 44.5, 43.0), one subadult female (cw 34.5), seven juv. males (cw 37.5 – 20.5) western slopes Mt Elgon, rivers and streams above 1524 m asl, coll. M. A. Prentice (0 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N, 30 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E, DD 0.18, 30.23) (NMU TRW 1960.08); adult male (cw 49.5) western slopes of Mt Elgon, small rivers and streams above 1372 m asl, coll. G. R. Barnley, 1957 (3 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N, 34 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E, DD 3, 34) (NMU TRW 1959.04); eight males (cw 46.8 – 32.5), eight females (cw 50.2 – 37.3), River Sume, western slopes of Mt Elgon, 1524 m asl, coll. M. A. Prentice, 12 September 1960, pres T. R. Williams (NHM 2008.3260 – 3269); adult male, (cw 44.8), three subadult males (cw 36.7, 35.3, 27.9) stream, western side Mt Elgon, coll. P. Hainsworth and P. S. Corbet, February 1956 (NHM 2010.34 – 37). Diagnosis Based on holotype. Postfrontal crest complete, distinct; epigastric, postorbital crests joining with each other; postorbital crests extending laterally to meet anterolateral margins; exorbital, epibranchial teeth both missing; anterolateral margin immediately behind epibranchial tooth completely smooth; ischium of third maxilliped either smooth or with faint vertical suture; thoracic sternal suture s 3 / s 4 reduced to two faint short side notches; dactylus of major cheliped slightly arched enclosing long narrow interspace when closed; first, second carpal teeth on carpus of cheliped weak, low, blunt; ventral margins of merus of pereiopod 1 both weakly granulated; distal meral tooth either low or missing; terminal article of GO 1 curved outward, broadened medially; dorsal membrane broad. Large species, adult size range beginning cw 45 mm, largest specimen cw 50 mm. Description Carapace ovoid, wide (cw / fw 3.15), medium high (ch / fw 1.2); surface completely smooth semi-circular, urogastric, transverse branchial grooves present. Front straight, relatively narrow, about one-third carapace width (fw / cw 0.32), anterior margin sharply deflexed. Postfrontal crest distinct. Anterolateral margin between exorbital, epibranchial teeth smooth, lacking intermediate tooth; exorbital, epibranchial teeth reduced to small granules, anterolateral margin completely smooth, continuous with posterolateral margin. Suborbital margin raised, completely smooth. Suborbital, subhepatic, pterygostomial carapace regions all completely smooth; sidewall divided into three parts by longitudinal (epimeral) suture (dividing suborbital, subhepatic regions from pterygostomial region), and by vertical (pleural) groove (dividing suborbital from subhepatic regions), dorsal end of vertical groove meeting epibranchial tooth. First thoracic sternal suture s 1 / s 2 deep; second suture s 2 / s 3 deep, running horizontally across sternum; third suture s 3 / s 4 missing except for two faint notches on sides; episternal sulci s 4 / e 4, s 7 / e 7 absent, s 5 / e 5, s 6 / e 6, complete. Third maxillipeds filling entire oral field, except for transversely oval respiratory openings at superior lateral corners; long flagellum on exopod of third maxilliped, ischium of third maxilliped either smooth or with very faint vertical suture. Epistomial tooth prominent, smooth, triangular. Mandibular palp two-segmented; terminal segment single, undivided, with setae (but no hard flap) at junction between segments. Dactylus of adult male major cheliped thickened, slightly arched, enclosing long narrow interspace when closed. First carpal tooth of cheliped weak, low, blunt; second carpal tooth smaller, also weak, low, blunt, followed by several small granules; ventral margins of merus of pereiopod 1 both weakly granulated; distal meral tooth either low or missing; superior surface of merus smooth. Pereiopods p 2 – p 5 slender, p 3 longest, p 5 shortest, dactyli of p 2 – p 5 tapering to point, each bearing four rows of downward-pointing short, sharp spines. Adult male abdomen triangular, somites a 1 – a 6 of male abdomen four-sided, telson (a 7) a triangle with rounded apex; somites a 5 – a 6 broadest. Terminal article of GO 1 curving outward, widened medially in the middle; broad dorsal membrane; margins of subterminal segment of GO 1 setose. Distribution Potamonautes elgonensis is known only from the western and northern slopes of Mt Elgon in Uganda at medium altitudes between 1402 and 2134 m asl in five river drainage sectors: Malawa, Manafwa and Namatala (west), and Kiriki and Nyenye (north) (Williams 1991). Comparisons Williams (1991) considered the first gonopod characters of P. elgonensis and P. loveni to be identical, and treated these taxa as a single species (P. loveni), interpreting differences in the degree of expression of the postfrontal crest, and in species size and colour to be the result of intraspecific character variability. The present study indicates that the material used in the redescription of P. loveni by Williams (1991) actually comprised specimens that belonged to two different species; P. loveni (Colosi, 1924) (re-described by Cumberlidge and Clark 2009), and P. elgonensis sp. nov. For example, the first gonopod characters of adult male specimens of P. loveni and P. elgonensis, although similar, are not identical, i. e. the terminal article of P. loveni is almost straight and slim, whereas that of P. elgonensis is curved distinctly outward and widened medially in the middle. In addition, P. loveni is a smaller species, with an adult size range between cw 35 mm and cw 49 mm (while the adult size range of P. elgonensis is between cw 45 mm and cw 50 mm); the postfrontal crest is faint or missing in P. loveni (it is distinct in P. elgonensis), and the carapace of P. loveni is a darker colour than that of P. elgonensis (which is pale). Finally, the dactylus of the major cheliped of adult male of P. loveni is highly arched, encloses an oval interspace when closed, and lacks dentition (whereas the dactylus of adult males of P. elgonensis is widened but only slightly arched, encloses a long rectangular interspace when closed, and has several large rounded teeth). Specimens of P. elgonensis are known only from the western and northern (Ugandan) side of Mt Elgon (in the Malawa, Manafwa, Namatala, Kiriki and Nyenye drainage sectors) where their distribution overlaps with that of P. loveni. In contrast, Mt Elgon represents the western limit of the range of P. loveni; this species is also found in the eastern and southern (Kenyan) sides of Mt Elgon (in the Suam and Nzoia drainage sectors) and from the Cherangani Hills to the Mau Range, including the Kakamega Forest and the Nandi Hills, as far east as Lake Naivasha in the Rift Valley (Cumberlidge and Clark 2009). Remarks The taxonomic confusion surrounding the identities of the freshwater crabs from western Kenya arises from a number of sources, including long-standing opinions on species synonymies, some that have proved to be in error (Bott 1955), the confusion of two different species (Williams 1991), and the lack of understanding of the morphological changes that accompany growth in these species (Reed and Cumberlidge 2006; Cumberlidge and Clark 2009). Etymology The species is named in recognition of its known distributional range that indicates that it is restricted to the western and northern slopes of Mt Elgon in Uganda.	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
0F1087FB6E2CFFEEFE3D5500FEE1FEA6.taxon	description	(Figures 5 – 7) Material examined Type material. Uganda. Holotype. Adult male holotype (cw 21.1), stn El. 114 b, Simu tributary, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1341 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 9 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3331); Paratypes. eight males (cw 20 – 16.8), one adult female (cw 19.7), stn El. 114 b Simu tributary, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1341 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 9 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3332 – 3339); many small specimens, stn El. 114 b, Simu tributary, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1341 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 9 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3332 – 3339); stn El. 54, stream, tributary of the Manafwa River, Manafwa sector, Mt Elgon, 1265 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 1 January 1961, (NMU TRW 1. i. 1961); 14 males (cw 19.23 – 11.7), nine females (cw 20.6 – 12.17), four ovig. females (cw 20.7 – 19.6) stn El. 90, Tayaka River, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1463 m asl, from soil among roots at stream edge, coll. T. R. Williams, 7 January 1967 (NHM 2008.3056); 18 males (cw 34.71 – 12.36), three ovig. females (cw 20.1 – 18.3), four females (cw 15 – 13.4) stn El. 96, Namafumbole, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1585 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 8 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3058 – 3067); eight males (cw 20.3 – 13.5), one ovig. female (cw 16.6), one female (cw 17.2), seven juvs, stn El. 97, Sisiwachi, Namatala sector, Mt Elgon, 1585 m, coll. T. R. Williams, 8 January 97 (NHM 2008.3088 – 3097); adult male stn El. 109, Simu stream, tributary of the Siroko River, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1829 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 1960 (NMU TRW 1960 a); 41 males (cw 27.4 – 9.1), 17 females (cw 17.4 – 11.2), 35 juvs, stn El. 114 a, Simu tributary, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1341 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 9 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3072 – 3081); two males (cw 29.0, 27.3), two females (cw 31.0, 16.3), stn El. 114 b, Simu tributary, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1341 m asl, with P. loveni, coll. T. R. Williams, 9 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3327 – 3330); 29 males (cw 32.1 – 7.8), eight adult females, all ovig. (cw 19.7 – 16.4), 29 females (cw 18.7 – 10.8) 14 juvs, stn El. 115, Simu tributary, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1341 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 9 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3113 – 3122); one adult male (cw 17.4, cl 12.8, ch 7.2, fw 5.9) one male, stn El. 173 a, foot of Sipi Falls, Sipi River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1737 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 17 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3053); four males (cw 18.6 – 14.2) stn El. 173 b, in stream and splash zone below Sipi Falls, Nyenye River, Mt Elgon, 1737 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 17 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3133 – 3136); one male (cw 17.4), oine female (cw 16.4) stn El. 173 c, foot of Sipi Falls, Sipi River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, coll. T. R. Williams, 17 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3054 – 3055); nine males (cw 17.8 – 9.3), 10 adult females, all ovig. (cw 20.5 – 17.0), 12 females (cw 16.8 – 9.8), 20 juvs, stn El. 173, Nyenye River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1737 m asl, with P. loveni, in stream and splash zone below Sipi Falls, coll. T. R. Williams, 17 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3123 – 3132); one adult, stn 173, male from stream in splash zone below Sipi Falls, Sipi River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1738 m asl, with P. loveni, coll. T. R. Williams, 17 January 1961 (NMU TRW 17. i. 1961); stn El. 179, Sipi stream, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1463 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 1960 (NMU TRW 1960 c); one adult male (cw 19.8), 1 subadult (cw 17.2), one adult female (cw 19.8), one ovig. female (cw 17.8), 2 juvs, stn El. 180, Muyembe River, Siroko sector, Mt Elgon, 1067 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 18 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3082 – 3087); seven males (cw 19.6 – 11.9), one adult ovig. female (cw 23.3), seven females (cw 17.2 – 10.2), stn El. 187 Sipi stream, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 1737 m asl, coll. T. R. Williams, 17 January 1961 (NHM 2008.3098 – 3107); adult ovig. female (cw 27), stream 2, near Jackson Pool, Jinja, Mt Elgon, c. 3886 m asl, coll. M. C. Williams and A. Tjonneland, 15 January 1955, pres. Philip S. Corbet, EAFRO 5 May 1955, (NHM 2010. 63); one juv., Sasa River, Jinja, Mt Elgon, c. 3536 m asl, coll. P. S. Corbet, 29 July 1954, pres. P. S. Corbet, EAFRO, 5 May 1955, (NHM 2010. 64); two adult males (cw 23.2, 20.4), stream 1, near Jackson Pool, Mt Elgon, c. 3871 m asl, coll. Miles C. Williams and Ardfinn Tjonneland, January 1955, pres. P. S. Corbet, EAFRO, 5 May 1955 (NHM 2010.28 – 29); Sipi Falls, Sipi River, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, coll. H. Löffler, Zoological Institute, Vienna, 23 May 1961 (NMU TRW 1961.02); two males Butandiga, near Bulambuli, Mbale west of Mt Elgon (1 ° 12 ′ N, 34 ° 22 ′ E) (USNM 70905); Sipi stream, Nyenye sector, Mt Elgon, 2000 m asl, coll. A. Loveridge, 18 December 1933 (USNM 70907); Elgonyi, Mt Elgon, 2333 m asl, coll. A. Loveridge, 25 January 1934 (USNM 70911); one male (cw 38.7), Butandiga, near Bulambuli, Mbale west of Mt Elgon, coll. A. Loveridge, 8 January 1935 (USNM 70912); one male, Mt Elgon, Elgonyi (USNM 82295); two adult females (cw 17.5, 17), two adult males (cw 20.5, 19.5) Elgonyi, Butandiga? Mt Elgon, coll. MCZ Expedition, 1933 – 34 (MCZ 8235); one adult female (cw 18), one adult male (cw 16.5), two subadult males (cw 15.5, 14.5) Elgonyi, Mt Elgon, coll. MCZ Expedition, 1933 – 34 (MCZ 8236); adult female (cw 17), one adult male (cw 18.5) Butandiga, near Bulambuli, Mbale west of Mt Elgon (MCZ 9026). Diagnosis Holotype. Postfrontal crest either faint or missing completely; exorbital, epibranchial teeth reduced to small granules, anterolateral margin behind epibranchial tooth not raised, completely smooth, continuous with posterolateral margin; carapace surface completely smooth; carapace medium high (ch / fw 1.2); suborbital margin raised, completely smooth; ischium of third maxilliped either smooth or with very faint vertical suture; thoracic sternal suture s 3 / s 4 missing, except for two short side notches; thoracic episternal suture s 4 / e 4 to s 7 / e 7 faint or absent; dactylus of major cheliped thickened, medium arched, enclosing oval interspace; first carpal tooth on carpus of cheliped weak, low, blunt; second carpal tooth smaller, also weak, low, blunt, followed by several small granules; ventral margins of merus of pereiopod 1 both weakly granulated; distal meral tooth either low or missing; terminal article of GO 1 straight-sided, slim, cone-shaped, angled at about 60 ° to longitudinal axis of gonopod, tapering evenly to pointed tip; terminal article of GO 1 not widened in middle, medial, lateral lobes both low, even; dorsal membrane broad; margins of subterminal segment of GO 1 setose; small species, adult size range beginning at cw 20 mm. Description Carapace ovoid, wide (cw / fw 3.15), medium high (ch / fw 1.2); surface completely smooth semi-circular, urogastric, transverse branchial grooves faint. Front straight, relatively narrow, about one-third carapace width (fw / cw 0.32), anterior margin sharply deflexed. Postfrontal crest either faint or missing completely. Anterolateral margin between exorbital, epibranchial teeth smooth, lacking intermediate tooth; exorbital, epibranchial teeth reduced to small granules, anterolateral margin completely smooth, continuous with posterolateral margin. Suborbital margin raised, completely smooth. Suborbital, subhepatic, pterygostomial regions of carapace sidewall all completely smooth; sidewall divided into three parts by longitudinal (epimeral) suture (dividing suborbital, subhepatic regions from pterygostomial region), and by vertical (pleural) groove (dividing suborbital from subhepatic regions), dorsal end of vertical groove meeting epibranchial tooth. First thoracic sternal suture s 1 / s 2 obscure; second suture s 2 / s 3 deep, running horizontally across sternum; third suture s 3 / s 4 reduced to two short notches on sides; episternal sulci s 4 / e 4 to s 7 / e 7 faint / absent. Third maxillipeds filling entire oral field, except for transversely oval respiratory openings at superior lateral corners; long flagellum on exopod of third maxilliped, ischium of third maxilliped either smooth or with very faint vertical suture. Epistomial tooth prominent, smooth, triangular. Mandibular palp two-segmented; terminal segment single, undivided, with setae (but no hard flap) at junction between segments. Dactylus of adult male major cheliped thickened, medium arched, enclosing oval interspace. First carpal tooth of cheliped weak, low, blunt; second carpal tooth smaller, also weak, low, blunt, followed by several granules; ventral margins of merus of pereiopod 1 both weakly granulated; distal meral tooth either low or missing; superior surface of merus smooth. Pereiopods p 2 – p 5 slender, p 3 longest, p 5 shortest, dactyli of p 2 – p 5 tapering to point, each bearing four rows of downward-pointing short, sharp spines. Adult male abdomen triangular, somites a 1 – a 6 of male abdomen four-sided, telson (a 7) a broad triangle with rounded apex; somites a 5 – a 6 broadest. Terminal article of GO 1 straight-sided, slim, cone-shaped, angled at about 60 ° to longitudinal axis of gonopod, tapering evenly to pointed tip; terminal article of GO 1 not widened in middle, medial, lateral lobes both low, even; dorsal membrane broad; margins of subterminal segment of GO 1 setose. This is a relatively small species, adult size range beginning at cw 17 mm. Distribution This species is known only from the western slopes of Mt Elgon in Uganda (01 ° 8 ′ N, 34 ° 33 ′ E) at medium altitudes between 1128 and 2333 m asl. Comparisons Adult egg-bearing females of P. williamsi measure between cw 17 and 21 mm, which makes this a considerably smaller species than P. niloticus and P. loveni (where specimens with cws of 20 mm would be juveniles). Potamonautes williamsi is closest to P. loveni, a medium-sized species of freshwater crab from Mt Elgon that has an adult size range from cw 35 to 49 mm (Cumberlidge and Clark 2009). Potamonautes williamsi and P. loveni are similar in that both species have a completely smooth carapace lacking a postfrontal crest, their exorbital and epibranchial teeth are reduced to small granules, the anterolateral margins of the carapace are completely smooth, lacking teeth of any kind, the thoracic sternal groove s 3 / s 4 is reduced to two side notches, and a similar first carpal tooth on the carpus of the cheliped which is small, low and rounded (Cumberlidge and Clark 2009). However, there are a number of characters that distinguish them, for example, the terminal article of GO 1 of adult male of P. williamsi is straight-sided, slim, and cone-shaped, and tapers evenly to a pointed tip (without widening in the middle), whereas that of P. loveni is slightly sinuous and is widened in the middle by an enlarged medial lobe; the subterminal segment of GO 1 of P. williamsi has setose margins, whereas these margins are smooth in P. loveni; the dactylus of the cheliped of P. williamsi is thickened, has large teeth, and forms a medium arch that encloses an oval interspace, whereas the dactylus of the cheliped of P. loveni is slim, lacks teeth, and forms a high arch that encloses a round interspace. The adult male holotype of P. williamsi was compared here with an adult male specimen of P. niloticus from Kenya. The two taxa can be distinguished as follows. The anterolateral margin of P. niloticus behind the epibranchial tooth is clearly toothed (whereas this margin is completely smooth in P. williamsi); the first and second carpal teeth on the carpus of the cheliped of P. niloticus are each produced into sharp spines (whereas these teeth are small and low in P. williamsi); the ventral margins of the merus of pereiopod 1 of P. niloticus are both heavily granulated (whereas these margins are smooth in P. williamsi); the distal meral tooth of P. niloticus is a small sharp spine (whereas this tooth is reduced to a small granule in P. williamsi); and P. niloticus (whose adult size range is from cw 46 to 65 mm) is a much larger species than P. williamsi. Etymology The species is named for Trefor R. Williams (retired, formerly of the University of Liverpool, UK), in recognition of his significant contributions to freshwater crab biology and to advances in the study of onchocerciasis in East Africa. Habitat and ecology The following notes are based on those provided by Hynes et al. (1961) and Williams et al. (1961). Potamonautes williamsi is found in the forest zone of Mt Elgon at midaltitudes from 1100 to 1800 m. Female crabs with either eggs or hatchlings attached to their abdomen are common in January, indicating that the breeding season of P. williamsi is between November and February (Cumberlidge 1999). Potamonautes williamsi spends little time in the water, and in the forest was frequently seen on the banks of rivers, streams and (most commonly) small trickles. This species typically burrows into the loose soil of the banks of small forest-streams and is found among the roots of tree ferns in places where the stream banks are sufficiently damp and soft, and it often digs burrows some distance from streams. Several very dense populations of P. williamsi were found in areas of loose earth and stones in the damp soil of the splash zone of waterfalls. The Sipi Falls is the type locality and consists of a series of three waterfalls in the foothills of Mt Elgon located close to, but not inside, the boundary of the Ugandan Mt Elgon National Park, about 55 km north of Mbale, and not far from the town of Kapchorwe. It would appear that P. williamsi requires the extremely humid conditions that are typical of the wet forested areas at medium altitudes on Mt Elgon, because it was not found on the drier northern slopes, or at lower altitudes (i. e. below 1100 m) in the cleared farmlands below the forest. Ecological notes Mount Elgon is an ancient eroded volcano (4321 m asl with an area of 169 km 2) situ- ated on the Kenya – Uganda border, about 140 km north-east of Lake Victoria. The Ugandan sector of Mt Elgon is an important watershed for the Kiriki, Nyenye, Siroko, Namatala, Manafua and Malawa Rivers (which flow south into Lake Victoria). The Kenyan sector is drained by the Nzoia River (which flows south into Lake Victoria) and the Suam River (which flows north into Lake Turkana) (Williams 1991). At lower altitudes, Mt Elgon’s slopes support montane forest (some of which has been cleared for agriculture) that gives way at higher altitudes to open moorland with giant lobelia and groundsel plants. The four species of freshwater crabs found on Mt Elgon (P. niloticus, P. loveni, P. elgonensis and P. williamsi) have different altitudinal preferences that overlap. Potamonautes niloticus is found in the warm waters at lower altitudes up to 1400 m, P. williamsi is found at mid-altitudes between 1100 and 1800 m, P. elgonensis is found at mid-altitudes between 1402 and 2134 m, and P. loveni is found in cooler waters between 1000 and 3000 m. Potamonautes loveni also occurs in the upper reaches of rivers on the highlands of western Kenya and eastern Uganda (Cumberlidge and Clark 2009). At medium altitudes, all four species are found together on the slopes of Mt Elgon. Within the range of altitudes between 1280 – 1950 m asl, where the water is cooler than the lowland streams but warmer than at higher altitudes, P. loveni coexists with P. niloticus. Potamonautes loveni reaches its lowest altitudes on Mt Elgon in the Namatala River drainage sector where the forest remains largely intact, below which it is replaced by P. niloticus, which prefers warmer waters (Williams 1991).	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
0F1087FB6E2CFFEEFE3D5500FEE1FEA6.taxon	description	None of the collection localities for any of the species found on Mt Elgon fall within any of the three protected areas on the mountain – the Ugandan and Kenyan Mt Elgon National Parks, and the Mt Elgon Forest Reserve in Kenya. It is encouraging to note that much of Mt Elgon’s montane ecosystem now appears to be recovering from previous episodes of human disturbance. This contrasts with other parts of East Africa where the montane forests are experiencing rapid habitat destruction and degradation, and encroachment from growing human populations that now endangers much of the rich and scarcely known biota of this unique region. Remarks The present work adds two new species to Potamonautes, an important and widespread genus of African freshwater crabs that is found throughout Africa from Senegal to the Horn of Africa, and from Egypt to South Africa. The recent upsurge in interest in the Afrotropical freshwater crabs has seen the description of a number of new species of Potamonautes and this widespread genus now has close to 70 species (Coulter 1991; Stewart 1997 a, 1997 b; Stewart and Cook 1998; Daniels et al. 1998; Cumberlidge 1999; Cumberlidge et al. 1999; Daniels et al. 2000, 2002; Corace et al. 2001; Gouws et al. 2001; Cumberlidge et al. 2002; Cumberlidge and Vannini 2004; Reed and Cumberlidge 2004, 2006; Cumberlidge and Tavares 2006; Cumberlidge and Dobson 2008; Cumberlidge 2008, 2009 b; Cumberlidge and Clark 2009; Ng et al. 2008). It is likely that this genus will have even more species attributed to it as taxonomic discrimination improves and as biodiversity studies survey the continent in more detail.	en	Cumberlidge, Neil, Clark, Paul F. (2010): Two new species of freshwater crabs from Mount Elgon, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) and a re-diagnosis of Potamonautes niloticus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) with notes on their natural history and onchocerciasis. Journal of Natural History 44 (29 - 30): 1807-1829, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003678792, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003678792
