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- ↑ The interstitial Kalyptorhynchia (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela) from the bay of Great Peter of the Sea of Japan. LA Evdonin, Akad. Nauk SSSR Issled. Fauny Morei 8:1616, 55-71, 1971.
