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Exploring the basal topology of the heteronemertean tree of life: establishment of a new family, along with turbotaxonomy of Valenciniidae (Nemertea: Pilidiophora: Heteronemertea)

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Kajihara, Hiroshi, Abukawa, Shushi, Chernyshev, Alexei V. (2022): Exploring the basal topology of the heteronemertean tree of life: establishment of a new family, along with turbotaxonomy of Valenciniidae (Nemertea: Pilidiophora: Heteronemertea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 503-548, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac015

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