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A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)

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  • 1. School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P.O. Box X01, Scottsville, 3209 South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 South Africa; jdplisko@saol.com

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Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta (2013): A new family Tritogeniidae for the genera Tritogenia and Michalakus, earlier accredited to the composite Microchaetidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta). African Invertebrates 54 (1): 69, DOI: 10.5733/afin.054.0107, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.054.0107

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