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Semimorula liquescens is a modified echinostelid myxomycete (Mycetozoa)

Anna Maria Fiore-Donno University of Oxford, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Edward F. Haskins Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Jan Pawlowski University of Geneva, Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, 30, Quai E-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Thomas Cavalier-Smith University of Oxford, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
Pages 773-776 | Accepted 09 Apr 2009, Published online: 20 Jan 2017

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