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Polysyncraton (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae): a re-examination of some specimens and descriptions of three new species

  • 1. Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados Marinhos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, Brazil.
  • 2. Department of Taxonomy and Systematics, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.

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Oliveira, Livia M., Hoeksema, Bert W., Rocha, Rosana M. (2019): Polysyncraton (Ascidiacea, Didemnidae): a re-examination of some specimens and descriptions of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 519: 1-25, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.519

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