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The xerophilic genera Xerobiotus and Pseudohexapodibius (Macrobiotidae; Tardigrada): biodiversity, biogeography and phylogeny

  • 1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy & NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo, Italy
  • 3. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
  • 4. Department of Evolutionary Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Poland

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Vincenzi, Joel, Cesari, Michele, Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Roszkowska, Milena, Mioduchowska, Monika, Rebecchi, Lorena, Guideưi, Yevgen Kiosya and Roberto (2024): The xerophilic genera Xerobiotus and Pseudohexapodibius (Macrobiotidae; Tardigrada): biodiversity, biogeography and phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (1): 111-141, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad129, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad129

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