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Rotifera from the Mediterranean Sea, with description of ten new species

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De Smet, Willem H. (2015): Rotifera from the Mediterranean Sea, with description of ten new species. Zootaxa 4028 (2): 151-196, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.2.1

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