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Issue: Vol. 5397 No. 2: 4 Jan. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-01-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5397.2.10
Page range: 291-294
Abstract views: 280
PDF downloaded: 10

First record of the alien land flatworm Marionfyfea adventor (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) in the Iberian Peninsula

Citizen scientist; Sopelana; Euskadi; Spain
Animal Biodiversity and Evolution; Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF); Barcelona; Spain
Animal Biodiversity and Evolution; Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF); Barcelona; Spain
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM); CSIC; Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49; 08003 Barcelona; Spain
Platyhelminthes Geoplanidae Iberian Peninsula Marionfyfea adventor

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