Lost and Found: How a Single Clue Led to the Rediscovery of a Crab Not Seen for 225 Years

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Takeaways:

  • The Afzelius crab was not sighted from 1796 until January 2021, when the species was rediscovered in Sierra Leone.
  • The crab was found in a burrow on the edge of a forest on a local’s farm.
  • In addition to the rediscovery of this crab, two new species of freshwater crabs were also found.

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