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First record of two urotsylid ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) from Japan expanding the circumscription of species

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Ghaffar, Abdul, Bai, Yang, Hu, Xiaozhong (2023): First record of two urotsylid ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) from Japan expanding the circumscription of species. Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) 57 (9-12): 724-743, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2206586, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2206586

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