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Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions
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- 1. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Mashhad, Iran. & Ghent University, Research Group Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Gent, Belgium. & Mona.
- 2. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Zoology, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 3. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Mashhad, Iran. & Research Department of Zoological Innovations (RDZI), Institute of Applied Zoology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
- 4. Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Mashhad, Iran
- 5. Ghent University, Research Group Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Gent, Belgium. & Dominique.
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Goharimanesh, Mona, Stöhr, Sabine, Mirshamsi, Omid, Ghassemzadeh, Fereshteh, Adriaens, Dominique (2021): Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy 766 (1): 1-63, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483
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