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Robert Price Higgins-Aspects of his life and his contributions to meiobenthic research (1932-2022)

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  • 2. Museum of Natural History of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.

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Neuhaus, Birger, Pardos, Fernando, Storch, Volker, Kristensen, Reinhardt M. (2023): Robert Price Higgins-Aspects of his life and his contributions to meiobenthic research (1932-2022). Zootaxa 5301 (2): 219-245, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.4

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