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Integrative taxonomy allows the identification of synonymous species and the erection of a new genus of Echiniscidae (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada)

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Vicente, Filipe, Fontoura, Paulo, Cesari, Michele, Rebecchi, Lorena, Guidetti, Roberto, Serrano, Artur, Bertolani, Roberto (2013): Integrative taxonomy allows the identification of synonymous species and the erection of a new genus of Echiniscidae (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada). Zootaxa 3613 (6): 557-572, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.6.3

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