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species Moncetia anceyi Bourguignat, 1886: specimens
6 available nominal species synonyms (13 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Moncetia anceyi — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range

Endemic to Lake Tanganyika, Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

Congo (DRC)

MNHN_MP_0175 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0175 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0226 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0226 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0247 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0247 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0260 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0260 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0281 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)
MNHN_MP_0281 Kibanga (Lac Tanganyika)	MNHN_MP_0527 lac Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_2004 M’Pala Tanganyika
FMNH_52382 Moba, Lake Tanganyika, Centr. Africa	MRAC_58092 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga

Tanzania

ZMB_104913
Strand sudl Karema, Tanganyika

unknown

MRAC_791403 Bemba Terr. Firi	MRAC_791721 Lac Tanganika, baie Nord, Bemba, Terr. Firi	MRAC_791722 Lac Tanganika, baie Nord, Bemba, Terr. Firi
MRAC_791723 Lac Tanganika, baie Nord, Bemba, Terr. Firi	MRAC_791724 Lac Tanganika, baie Nord, Bemba, Terr. Firi	MRAC_791725 Lac Tanganika, baie Nord, Bemba, Terr. Firi
MRAC_791726 Lac Tanganika, baie Nord, Bemba, Terr. Firi	IRSNB_MP_0195 Lac Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0196 Lac Tanganyika
IRSNB_MP_0197 Lac Tanganyika	IRSNB_MP_0198 Lac Tanganyika	BMNH_1913-7-30-17 Lake Tanganyika
MRAC_58086 Tanganyika	MRAC_58090 Tanganyika

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Tanzania

UGSB_17593 (22864). (16S, 28S, COI, H3) Tanzania: Lake Tanganyika (6.42944 S 30.98667 E)