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Sogandares-Bernal, F., Lumsden, R.D. The heterophyid trematode Ascocotyle (A.) leighi Burton, 196, from the hearts of certain poeciliid and cyprinodont fishes. Z. F. Parasitenkunde 24, 3–12 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00260418
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