New species of freshwater crab genus Kingsleya Ortmann, 1897 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from Piauí, northeastern Brazil

Abstract A new species of freshwater crab, Kingsleya parnaiba n. sp., collected in a tributary stream of the Parnaíba River Basin in Brazil, is described and illustrated. Kingsleya parnaiba n. sp. morphologically resembles Kingsleya attenboroughi Pinheiro and Santana, 2016 and Kingsleya gustavoi Magalhães, 2005, from which it can be separated by a set of characters of the first gonopod, chelipeds, and female abdomen.

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Main Authors: Pralon,Bruno, Pinheiro,Allysson P., Santana,William
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2020
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972020000100218
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