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Species boundaries and phylogeographic patterns in new species of Nannoniscus (Janiroidea: Nannoniscidae) from the equatorial Pacific nodule province inferred from mtDNA and morphology

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Kaiser, Stefanie, Kihara, Terue Cristina, Brix, Saskia, Mohrbeck, Inga, Janssen, Annika, Jennings, Robert M. (2021): Species boundaries and phylogeographic patterns in new species of Nannoniscus (Janiroidea: Nannoniscidae) from the equatorial Pacific nodule province inferred from mtDNA and morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193: 1020-1071, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa174

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