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Mexorchestia: a new genus of talitrid amphipod (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, with the description of a new species and two new subspecies

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Wildish, David J., Lecroy, Sara E. (2014): Mexorchestia: a new genus of talitrid amphipod (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, with the description of a new species and two new subspecies. Zootaxa 3856 (4): 555-577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.4.5

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