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Anatomical redescription of Aplysia (Aplysia) nigra and Aplysia (Varria) inca (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) with comments on Aplysia from Peru

  • 1. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-3993; alejandro.mendivil@unmsm.edu.pe
  • 2. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1562-7098; fcardosop@unmsm.edu.pe

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Mendivil, Alejandro, Cardoso, Franz (2022): Anatomical redescription of Aplysia (Aplysia) nigra and Aplysia (Varria) inca (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) with comments on Aplysia from Peru. Zootaxa 5222 (3): 201-239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.3.1

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