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Two new species of Clavellotis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) with an approach to the phylogeny of the genus and its relationships inside the Clavella-Branch
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- 1. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Antofagasta, Casilla 170, Antofagasta, Chile.
- 2. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y Vectores (CEPAVE), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, calle 120 s/n e/60 y 64, CP 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 3. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Food Control Laboratory Directorate, Denizli, 20010, Turkey.
- 4. Departamento Ciencias Básicas. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Santo Tomas, Antofagasta, 399, Chile.
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Romero, Raul Castro, Montes, Martin M., Ӧtkener, Ahmet, Shimabukuro, Marina Ibañez, Theiller, Mariela, Campos, Leonardo (2025): Two new species of Clavellotis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) with an approach to the phylogeny of the genus and its relationships inside the Clavella-Branch. Zootaxa 5679 (2): 217-242, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.3
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