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Integrative taxonomy of crustacean y-larvae (Thecostraca: Facetotecta) using laboratory-rearing and molecular analyses of single specimens, with the description of a new vermiform species

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Olesen, Jørgen, Dreyer, Niklas, Palero, Ferran, Eibye-Jacobsen, Danny, Fujita, Yoshihisa, Chan, Benny K. K., Grygier, Mark J. (2022): Integrative taxonomy of crustacean y-larvae (Thecostraca: Facetotecta) using laboratory-rearing and molecular analyses of single specimens, with the description of a new vermiform species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 549-592, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac020

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