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High Mountain Echiniscid (Heterotardigrada) Fauna of Taiwan

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  • 1. Department of Invertebrate Evolution, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland. *Correspondence: E-mail: piotr.lukas.gasiorek@gmail.com (Gąsiorek). E-mail: kat.von@onet.eu (Vončina); lm@tardigrada.net (Michalczyk)
  • 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: rmkristensen@snm.ku.dk (Kristensen)

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Gąsiorek, Piotr, Vončina, Katarzyna, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg, Michalczyk, Łukasz (2021): High Mountain Echiniscid (Heterotardigrada) Fauna of Taiwan. Zoological Studies (Zool. Stud.) 60 (70): 1-45, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-70, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12826013

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