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Six new species of Macellicephala (Annelida: Polynoidae) from the Southern Ocean and south Atlantic with re-description of type species

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Neal, Lenka, Brasier, Madeleine J., Wiklund, Helena (2018): Six new species of Macellicephala (Annelida: Polynoidae) from the Southern Ocean and south Atlantic with re-description of type species. Zootaxa 4455 (1): 1-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.1

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