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The morphological and molecular analyses of a new South American urban tardigrade offer new insights on the biological meaning of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group of species (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae)

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  • 1. Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy;
  • 2. Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences, National University of La Pampa, Santa Rosa, Argentina

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Guidetti, Roberto, Peluffo, Julio Ricardo, Rocha, Alejandra Mariana, Cesari, Michele, Peluffo, María Cristina Moly de (2013): The morphological and molecular analyses of a new South American urban tardigrade offer new insights on the biological meaning of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group of species (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae). Journal of Natural History 47 (37-38): 2409-2426, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.800610, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.800610

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