Labrumoides vibrissa (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), new callipallenid genus and new species from north Western Australia

David A Staples1

  • 1Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3001.. dstaples@museum.vic.gov.au.

Zootaxa
|April 2, 2020
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