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Six new and four known species of the genus Axonchium Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Belondiroidea) from the Western Ghats of India

  • 1. Nematode Biodiversity Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India.

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Kumar, Sumit, Ahmad, Wasim (2023): Six new and four known species of the genus Axonchium Cobb, 1920 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida: Belondiroidea) from the Western Ghats of India. European Journal of Taxonomy 857: 1-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.857.2039, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.857.2039

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