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The coastal marine Tardigrada of the Americas

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Miller, William R., Perry, Emma S. (2016): The coastal marine Tardigrada of the Americas. Zootaxa 4126 (3): 375-396, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.3.4

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