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A new species of the genus Leptosphaeroma (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Japan

  • 1. Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan;
  • 2. Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan

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Noda, Akari, Ariyama, Hiroyuki, Tomikawa, Ko (2025): A new species of the genus Leptosphaeroma (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Japan. Journal of Natural History 59 (1-4): 227-240, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2440141, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2440141

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