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Issue: Vol. 3148 No. 1: 23 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.12
Page range: 96–97
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 23

Phylum Tardigrada Doyère, 1840. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

Department of Biology, University of Modena and Reggio Emila, Via Campi 213/D, 41125, Modena, Italy
Department of Biology, University of Modena and Reggio Emila, Via Campi 213/D, 41125, Modena, Italy
Tardigrada

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