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Barbronia borealis sp. nov., the first salifid leech discovered in Russia, with a global checklist of this genus

  • 1. N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsky Ave. 20, 163020, Arkhangelsk, Russia; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-4192; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-9822; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-0307; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-7105; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9066-4833; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9830-5472; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-9271
  • 2. N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nikolsky Ave. 20, 163020, Arkhangelsk, Russia; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-4192; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7214-9822; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8532-0307; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-7105; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9066-4833; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9830-5472; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7049-9271 & Laboratory of Macroecology and Biogeography of Invertebrates, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7644-4164 *Corresponding author. E-mail: akondakv@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6305-6496.
  • 3. Laboratory of Macroecology and Biogeography of Invertebrates, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7644-4164 *Corresponding author. E-mail: akondakv@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6305-6496.

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Bolotov, Ivan N., Eliseeva, Tatyana A., Kondakov, Alexander V., Gofarov, Mikhail Y., Aksenova, Olga V., Bespalaya, Yulia V., Kropotin, Alexander V., Travina, Oksana V., Vinarski, Maxim V. (2023): Barbronia borealis sp. nov., the first salifid leech discovered in Russia, with a global checklist of this genus. Ecologica Montenegrina 63: 24-38, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.63.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.63.3

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