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Parapseudoleptomesochra attirei n.sp., a new species of Nitocrella from Nubia (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)

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Description of Parapseudoleptomesochra attirei from a well in a dry wadi bed at At Tire, Nubia. Its closest relative is found in a semidesert area in Iran. The chorological implications of this finding are briefly discussed.

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    Henri J. Dumont

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Dumont, H.J. Parapseudoleptomesochra attirei n.sp., a new species of Nitocrella from Nubia (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Hydrobiologia 110, 177–180 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025789

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