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New records and checklist of sponges from El Salvador (Eastern Tropical Pacific)
- 1. Universidad de El Salvador, El Salvador, Ciudad Universitaria, San Salvador, El Salvador. C.P. 01101 & Centro de Investigación Marina y Limnológica, Universidad Francisco Gavidia, San Salvador, El Salvador. C.P. 01101. & Universidad Francisco Gavidia, San Salvador, El Salvador. C.P. 01101.
- 2. Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, España.
- 3. Centro de Investigación Marina y Limnológica, Universidad Francisco Gavidia, San Salvador, El Salvador. C.P. 01101. & Universidad Francisco Gavidia, San Salvador, El Salvador. C.P. 01101.
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Trejo, Alejandra, Carballo, José Luis, Segovia, Johanna (2025): New records and checklist of sponges from El Salvador (Eastern Tropical Pacific). Zootaxa 5613 (1): 99-125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.4
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