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Nematocysts of the Cubozoa

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Gershwin, Lisa-Ann (2006): Nematocysts of the Cubozoa. Zootaxa 1232 (1): 1-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1232.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1232.1.1

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