Abstract
A new species of West African freshwater crab of the genus Potamonautes is described from specimens collected in Senegal. The crabs were collected from burrows in the banks of small streams as well as from the nearby Gambia River in Niokolo Koba National Park. This new species is distinguished from Senegalese congeners by a combination of characters of the carapace, chelipeds, thoracic sternum, and gonopods. The new species is compared to other freshwater crabs from the family Potamonautidae found in West Africa. The African potamonautid freshwater crab genus Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838, includes over 70 species and is widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile Basin as far north as Cairo. Keywords: Potamonautes Lipkei ; Senegal
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