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Description of a Small-headed Gnathiid Isopod (Crustacea), Gnathia capitellum sp. nov., from Coastal Japan

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  • 1. San'in Kaigan Geopark Museum of the Earth and Sea, 1794-4 Makidani, Iwami-cho, Tottori 681-0001, Japan E-mail: yota1164@gmail.com & Corresponding author
  • 2. Misaki Marine Biological Station, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 1024 Koajiro, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan
  • 3. Department of Marine Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, 3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan

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Ota, Yuzo, Kohtsuka, Hisanori, Tanaka, Katsuhiko (2021): Description of a Small-headed Gnathiid Isopod (Crustacea), Gnathia capitellum sp. nov., from Coastal Japan. Species Diversity 26: 207-216, DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.26.207

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