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AUTHORMeyer, H., Tsaliki, M. & Sorgee, B.
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TITLENew water bear records (Phylum Tardigrada) from South Carolina, southeastern USA, with the description of Echiniscus danieli sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae, bigranulatus group)
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