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Taxonomic update and new discoveries in Nereididae (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: two new species and four new records
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- 1. Dept. of Biology Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
- 2. Museum & Art Gallery Northern Territory, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia. & Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
- 3. School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Bonyadi-Naeini, Alieh, Glasby, Christopher J., Rahimian, Hassan (2025): Taxonomic update and new discoveries in Nereididae (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman: two new species and four new records. Zootaxa 5696 (3): 334-360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.3.2
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