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Description of a new genus and species of Candonopsini (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candoninae) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America)

  • 1. Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Nupelia, PEA, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP 87020-900, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Freshwater Biology, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium and University of Ghent, Dept of Biology, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.

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Higuti, Janet, Martens, Koen (2012): Description of a new genus and species of Candonopsini (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candoninae) from the alluvial valley of the Upper Paraná River (Brazil, South America). European Journal of Taxonomy 33: 1-31, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.33

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