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Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe

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Tirjaková, Eva, Botlíková, Simona, Vďačný, Peter (2015): Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe. Zootaxa 3920 (2): 343-365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.7

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