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Morphological and genetic analysis of Milnesium cf. granulatum (Tardigrada: Milnesiidae) from Northeastern North America

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Jackson, Kathy Jo A., Meyer, Harry A. (2019): Morphological and genetic analysis of Milnesium cf. granulatum (Tardigrada: Milnesiidae) from Northeastern North America. Zootaxa 4604 (3): 497-510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.6

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