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Tardigrades of Finland: new records and an annotated checklist

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  • 1. Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, PO Box 35, FI-40014, Finland & matteo.vecchi15@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7995-6827
  • 2. Department of Life Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, via G. Campi 213/D, 41125 Modena, Italy

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Vuori, Tommi, Massa, Edoardo, Calhim, Sara, Vecchi, Matteo (2020): Tardigrades of Finland: new records and an annotated checklist. Zootaxa 4851 (3): 477-521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.3.3

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