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Tardigrada and Rotifera from moss microhabitats on a disappearing Ugandan glacier, with the description of a new species of water bear

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Zawierucha, Krzysztof, Gąsiorek, Piotr, Buda, Jakub, Uetake, Jun, Janko, Karel, Fontaneto, Diego (2018): Tardigrada and Rotifera from moss microhabitats on a disappearing Ugandan glacier, with the description of a new species of water bear. Zootaxa 4392 (2): 311-328, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.5

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