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Issue: Vol. 5659 No. 3: 4 Jul. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.10
Page range: 449-450
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Synonymy of Metathelges Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923 and Epicepon Boyko, 2024 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae)

Department of Biology; Hofstra University; Hempstead; NY 11549; U.S.A. Division of Invertebrate Zoology; American Museum of Natural History; Central Park West @79 Street; New York; NY; U.S.A.
Bopyridae

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How to Cite

Boyko, C.B. (2025) Synonymy of Metathelges Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923 and Epicepon Boyko, 2024 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae). Zootaxa, 5659 (3), 449–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.10