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A huge undescribed diversity of the subgenus Hystricochaetonotus (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotidae, Chaetonotus) in Central Europe
- 1. Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Križanová, Františka Rataj, Vďačný, Peter (2022): A huge undescribed diversity of the subgenus Hystricochaetonotus (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotidae, Chaetonotus) in Central Europe. European Journal of Taxonomy 840: 1-93, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.840.1941, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.840.1941
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