Taxonomic revision of the Mediterranean Plakina Schulze (Porifera, Demospongiae, Homoscleromorpha)
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The integrative taxonomic approach applied to porifera: a case study of the homoscleromorpha.
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عنوان ژورنال: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0024-4082
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb00572.x