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Free-living Microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes) from Wetlands in Southern Brazil, with the Description of Three New Species

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  • 1. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PPGBAC/FURG), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. *Correspondence: E-mail: rtvianna@gmail.com (Vianna). & Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia de Parasitos de Organismos Aquáticos, Av.
  • 2. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Biologia de Parasitos de Organismos Aquáticos, Av.
  • 3. División Zoología Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Boulevard 120 & 61, La Plata, Argentina. E-mail: fbrusa@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar (Brusa) & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
  • 4. Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PPGBAC/FURG), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, RS, Brazil. *Correspondence: E-mail: rtvianna@gmail.com (Vianna). & Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment Section, Gaustadalléen 21, 0349, Oslo, Norway.

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Reyes, Jhoe, Binow, Daniela, Vianna, Rogério T., Brusa, Francisco, Martins, Samantha E. (2021): Free-living Microturbellarians (Platyhelminthes) from Wetlands in Southern Brazil, with the Description of Three New Species. Zoological Studies 60 (22): 1-33, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-22, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8055908

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