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Redescriptions of three Milnesium Doyère, 1840 taxa (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae), including the nominal species for the genus

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Michalczyk, Łukasz, Wełnicz, Weronika, Frohme, Marcus, Kaczmarek, Łukasz (2012): Redescriptions of three Milnesium Doyère, 1840 taxa (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae), including the nominal species for the genus. Zootaxa 3154: 1-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214356

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