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The Antarctic holothurian genus Echinopsolus Gutt, 1990 (Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae): brood pouches, spermatozoa, spermatozeugmata and taxonomic implications

  • 1. Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D-81247 München, Germany. E-mail: jens.m.bohn@gmail.com Department Biologie II, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, Grosshaderner Strasse 2, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany. E-mail: hess@bio.lmu.de

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Bohn, Jens Michael (2014): The Antarctic holothurian genus Echinopsolus Gutt, 1990 (Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae): brood pouches, spermatozoa, spermatozeugmata and taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3841 (4): 573-591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.4.7

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