REDESCRIPTION OF AFRICAN FRESH-WATER CRAB 



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Fig. 2 Sudanonautes floweri , lectotype, adult male from Bahr el Gebel, Sudan (CW 48 mm), NHM reg 1901.8.26.2. (a), right mandible 

 anterior view; (b), right mandible superior view; (c), right mandible posterior view; (d), left gonopod 1, caudal view; (e), right gonopod 1, 

 caudal view; (f), right gonopod 1, superior view; (g), right gonopod 2, cephalic view; (h), right gonopod 2, caudal view; (i), right gonopod 

 2, caudal view, detail of terminal segment; (j) left pereiopod 2. Scale bar equals 10 mm (j), 1.5 mm (a-c, d-h), and 0.5 mm (i). 



Terminal segment gonopod 2 cup-shaped, with pointed tip, 

 extremely short, only 1/15 as long as subterminal segment. 

 Subterminal segment gonopod 2 widest at base, then tapering 

 sharply inward, forming long, thin, pointed, upright process 

 supporting short terminal segment. 



Adult female. Right, left chelipeds same proportions as 

 male of same size, unequal in both length, height. Mature 

 female abdomen very wide reaching coxae of pereiopods 2-5. 

 Segments of female abdomen becoming gradually longer 

 distally, first, fifth becoming gradually wider, abdomen being 



