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New annelid species from the deepest known whale-fall environment: Bathykermadeca thanatos sp. nov. (Annelida: Polynoidae)

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Jimi, Naoto, Fujiwara, Yoshihiro, Kajihara, Hiroshi (2018): New annelid species from the deepest known whale-fall environment: Bathykermadeca thanatos sp. nov. (Annelida: Polynoidae). Zootaxa 4450 (5): 575-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.5.4

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