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Treasure island: DNA data reveals unknown diversity in Cuban freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida)

  • 1. Departamento de Biología y Geografía, Universidad de Oriente. Ave. Patricio Lumumba, CP 90500, Santiago de
  • 2. Metazoa Phylogenomics Lab, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Spain.
  • 3. Museum of Nature Hamburg - Zoology, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB). Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146, Hamburg, Germany. & Hasselt University, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Research Group Zoology: Biodiversity and Toxicology.
  • 4. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Universitat de Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal 643, & Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal 643,

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Catalá, Alejandro, Benítez-Álvarez, Lisandra, Diez, Yander L., Blasco, Gema, Riutort, Marta (2024): Treasure island: DNA data reveals unknown diversity in Cuban freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida). Zoologia (e23101) 41: 1-13, DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23101, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23101

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