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Online Publication Date: 01 April 2001 To cite this Article: Kensley, Brian and Chan, Tin-Yam (2001) 'Two species of deep-sea flabelliferan isopods from Taiwan (Crustacea: Peracarida: Aegidae, Anuropidae)', Journal of Natural History, 35:4, 481 — 496 To link to this article: DOI: 10.1080/00222930151098152 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930151098152

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