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Descriptions of three new species of South African Syllidae Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta) and range confirmation of Syllis amicarmillaris Simon, San Martín & Robinson, 2014
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- 1. Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), carrer d'accés a la Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Catalunya, Spain.
- 2. Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- 3. Department of Biology (Zoology), Biodiversity and Global Change Research Center Cambio global (CIBC-UAM), Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, calle Darwin, 2, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Samoilova, Veronika, Simon, Carol A., Martín, Guillermo San, Martin, Daniel (2026): Descriptions of three new species of South African Syllidae Grube, 1850 (Polychaeta) and range confirmation of Syllis amicarmillaris Simon, San Martín & Robinson, 2014. European Journal of Taxonomy 1034: 226-258, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1034.3165, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3165/14081
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