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Partial revision of northern European Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae)
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- 1. Lab Trondheim, Åkerblå a DNV Company, Sluppenvegen 6, 7037 Trondheim, Norway. & Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
- 2. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevsky Street, Vladivostok 690041, Russia.
- 3. Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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Hektoen, Martin M., Radashevsky, Vasily I., Bakken, Torkild (2025): Partial revision of northern European Prionospio Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 1027: 1-58, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1027.3127, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3127/13921
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