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Taxonomy of the heavily exploited Indo-Pacific sandfish complex (Echinodermata: Holothuriidae)

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Massin, Claude, Uthicke, Sven, Purcell, Steven W., Rowe, Frank W. E., Samyn, Yves (2009): Taxonomy of the heavily exploited Indo-Pacific sandfish complex (Echinodermata: Holothuriidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (1): 40-59, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00430.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00430.x

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