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High-level taxonomic splitting in allopatric taxa causes confusion downstream: a revision of the nudibranch family Сoryphellidae

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Ekimova, Irina, Valdés, Ángel, Malaquias, Manuel António E, Rauch, Cessa, Chichvarkhin, Anton, Mikhlina, Anna, Antokhina, Tatiana, Chichvarkhina, Olga, Schepetov, Dimitry (2022): High-level taxonomic splitting in allopatric taxa causes confusion downstream: a revision of the nudibranch family Сoryphellidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (1): 215-249, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab109, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/196/1/215/6549318

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