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- ↑ van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Guancha primordialis var. apicalis Brøndsted, 1931". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2014-05-22.
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