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Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species

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Horton, Tammy, Gofas, Serge, Kroh, Andreas, Poore, Gary C.B., Read, Geoffrey, Rosenberg, Gary, Stöhr, Sabine, Bailly, Nicolas, Boury-Esnault, Nicole, Brandão, Simone N., Costello, Mark J., Decock, Wim, Dekeyzer, Stefanie, Hernandez, Francisco, Mees, Jan, Paulay, Gustav, Vandepitte, Leen, Vanhoorne, Bart, Vranken, Sofie (2017): Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. European Journal of Taxonomy 389: 1-24, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.389

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