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An extensive study of frontal margins of the lorica of Brachionus plicatilis was undertaken in an attempt to define its variability within this species. Specimens from mass cultures and from the natural environment were examined.
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Sudzuki, M. Intraspecific variability of Brachionus plicatilis . Hydrobiologia 147, 45–47 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025724
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