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Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification

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Guidetti, Roberto, Bertolani, Roberto (2005): Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification. Zootaxa 845: 1-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273209

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