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Lepadella beyensi (Rotifera Monogononta: Colurellidae), a new species from the Canadian High Arctic

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A new species of Lepadella was discovered during an investigation of the Rotifera of freshwater ponds in Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, N.W.T., Canada. A description of the new species is given.

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De Smet, W.H. Lepadella beyensi (Rotifera Monogononta: Colurellidae), a new species from the Canadian High Arctic. Hydrobiologia 294, 61–63 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017626

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