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An integrative redescription of Echiniscus quadrispinosus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902 (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae) from the terra typica in Taunus Mountain Range (Europe; Germany)

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  • 1. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
  • 2. The Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Węgorka 20, 60-318 Poznań, Poland.
  • 3. Department of Evolutionary Genetics and Biosystematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland. & Department of Marine Plankton Research, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk, Marszałka Piłsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland. & Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland.
  • 4. Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland. & Department of Bioenergetics, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.

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Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Kayastha, Pushpalata, Gawlak, Magdalena, Mioduchowska, Monika, Roszkowska, Milena (2022): An integrative redescription of Echiniscus quadrispinosus quadrispinosus Richters, 1902 (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae) from the terra typica in Taunus Mountain Range (Europe; Germany). European Journal of Taxonomy 823 (1): 102-124, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.823.1819, URL: http://zoobank.org/8824e8c0-ee82-4803-8480-e4fd2773fc80

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