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What is a 'strong' synapomorphy? Redescriptions of Murray's type species and descriptions of new taxa challenge the systematics of Hypsibiidae (Eutardigrada: Parachela)
- 1. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland & Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
- 3. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland & Tree of Life Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
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Gąsiorek, Piotr, Blagden, Brian, Morek, Witold, Michalczyk, Łukasz (2024): What is a 'strong' synapomorphy? Redescriptions of Murray's type species and descriptions of new taxa challenge the systematics of Hypsibiidae (Eutardigrada: Parachela). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (1): 1-63, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad151, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad151
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