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- ↑ Bray, R. A.; Waeschenbach, A.; Dyal, P.; Littlewood, D. T.; Morand, S. (2014). "New digeneans (Opecoelidae) from hydrothermal vent fishes in the south eastern Pacific Ocean, including one new genus and five new species". Zootaxa . 3768 (1): 73–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3768.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24871167.
