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Taxonomic re-evaluation of Ericiolus and Mercedesia (Prymnesiophyceae) and description of three new species

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Archontikis, Odysseas A., Millán, Josué G., Winter, Amos, Young, Jeremy R. (2023): Taxonomic re-evaluation of Ericiolus and Mercedesia (Prymnesiophyceae) and description of three new species. Phycologia 62 (2): 179-193, DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2023.2172841, URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2023.2172841

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