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Antarctic Kinorhyncha: Seven new species from the Antarctic Peninsula

  • 1. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 2. Marine Biology Research Group, Department of Biology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
  • 3. Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu HI 96822, Hawaii, USA.
  • 4. Coastal and Marine Laboratory, Florida State University, St. Teresa FL 32346, Florida, USA. & National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.

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Sørensen, Martin V., Macheriotou, Lara, Braeckman, Ulrike, Smith, Craig R., Ingels, Jeroen (2025): Antarctic Kinorhyncha: Seven new species from the Antarctic Peninsula. European Journal of Taxonomy 1000 (1): 1-102, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1000.2947, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2947/13307

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