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Ascidian fauna (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) of subantarctic and temperate regions of Chile

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Turon, Xavier, Cañete, Juan I., Sellanes, Javier, Rocha, Rosana M., López-Legentil, Susanna (2016): Ascidian fauna (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) of subantarctic and temperate regions of Chile. Zootaxa 4093 (2): 151-180, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.1

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