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Streblocerus superserricaudatus sp. nov. from Venezuela

(Macrothricidae, Anomopoda, Crustacea)

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A new species of the genus Streblocerus is described from Venezuela and compared with European, Newfoundland and Australian specimens. The geographical distribution of the genus is discussed.

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  1. Institute for Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 33, 117071, Moscow, Russia

    N. N. Smirnov

  2. Division de Ciencias Biologicas, Dpto. de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Sartanejas, Baruta, Edo. Miranda, Apartado postal N 89.000, 108, Caracas, Venezuela

    Haymara Alvarez

  3. School of Natural Resources and Environment, The University of Michigan, 48109-1115, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Maria M. Castillo

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Smirnov, N.N., Alvarez, H. & Castillo, M.M. Streblocerus superserricaudatus sp. nov. from Venezuela. Hydrobiologia 312, 167–170 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00015509

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