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A synOpsis OF Tunicata biOdiVersity in Brazil

  • 1. Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados Marinhos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade
  • 2. Laboratório de Biologia Recifal, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de SÃo Paulo. PraÇa do Oceanográfico 191, 05508-120 SÃo Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  • 3. Laboratório Integrado de Zooplâncton e Ictioplâncton, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia,
  • 4. Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados Marinhos, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade & Present address: Instituto Chico Mendes de ConservaÇÃo da Biodiversidade Mamanguape, APA e ARIE do
  • 5. Laboratório de Ecologia e Dinâmica Bêntica Marinha, Departamento de Ciências, Universidade do Estado do Rio & Programa de Pós-GraduaÇÃo em Oceanografia,Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. 20550-013 Rio de

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ROcha, ROsana M., LOtuFO, TitO MOnteirO da Cruz, BOnecker, SergiO, OliVeira, LiVia de MOura, Skinner, Luis Felipe, CarValhO, PedrO Freitas de, SilVa, PaulO Cezar AzeVedO da (2024): A synOpsis OF Tunicata biOdiVersity in Brazil. Zoologia (e23042) 41: 1-18, DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23042, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23042

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