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Towards a better understanding of deep-sea tardigrade biogeography: numerous new records from the Southern Ocean
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- 1. VN Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody Square, 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine. & German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
- 2. ZTM, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
- 3. VN Karazin Kharkiv National University, Svobody Square, 4, 61022, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- 4. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Gothersgade 130, 1123 Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 5. German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Senckenberg am Meer, Südstrand 44, 26382, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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Trokhymchuk, Roman, Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas, Utevsky, Serge, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, Kieneke, Alexander (2024): Towards a better understanding of deep-sea tardigrade biogeography: numerous new records from the Southern Ocean. Zootaxa 5543 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.1
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