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A new genus and five new species of the subfamily Florarctinae (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada)

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

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Hansen, Jesper G., Kristensen, Reinhardt M. (2021): A new genus and five new species of the subfamily Florarctinae (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada). European Journal of Taxonomy 762 (1): 149-184, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461

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