Nothing in (sponge) biology makes sense – except when based on holotypes
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Nothing in Biology Makes Sense except in the Light of Evolution
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0025-3154,1469-7769
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315415000521