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A new upper bathyal species of Protankyra (Holothuroidea: Apodida: Synaptidae) from the tropical southwest Atlantic

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  • 1. Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária. CEP 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Biociências. Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária. CEP 50670-420, Recife-PE, Brazil.
  • 2. Instituto de Biologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária. CEP 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.

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Moura, Rafael Bendayan De, Lavrado, Helena Passeri, Campos, Lúcia S. (2026): A new upper bathyal species of Protankyra (Holothuroidea: Apodida: Synaptidae) from the tropical southwest Atlantic. Zootaxa 5759 (3): 276-294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5759.3.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5759.3.3

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