A new species in the Ophiocoma erinaceus complex from the South-west Pacific Ocean (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Memoirs of Museum Victoria
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1447-2546,1447-2554
DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.4