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Molecular diversity of water mites of the Turkish eastern Black Sea basin, with the description of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Džordža Vašingtona b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
  • 2. Faculty of Fisheries, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Türkiye
  • 3. Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Center of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland
  • 4. Institute of Biology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland

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Pešić, Vladimir, Bayçelebi, Esra, Zawal, Andrzej, Bańkowska, Aleksandra, Jovanović, Milica, Kumru, Salih, Baytaşoğlu, Hazel, Kalayci, Gökhan (2026): Molecular diversity of water mites of the Turkish eastern Black Sea basin, with the description of two new species (Acari, Hydrachnidia). Zootaxa 5763 (3): 391-406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.3.5

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