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A mountain of millipedes IX: Species of the family Gomphodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)

  • 1. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark

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Olsen, Sissel Anna, Rosenmejer, Trine, Enghoff, Henrik (2020): A mountain of millipedes IX: Species of the family Gomphodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). European Journal of Taxonomy 675: 1-35, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.675

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