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Photographic checklist, DNA barcoding, and new species of sea slugs and snails from the Faafu Atoll, Maldives (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia and Vetigastropoda). <i>Diversity 15(2)</i>: 219. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020219\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020219</a>","BEntID":359522,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Diversity 15(2)</i>: 219. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020219\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15020219</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Cunha, T.J.; Fernández-Simón, J.; Petrula, M.; Giribet, G.; Moles, J.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Cunha, T.J. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Baseline biodiversity data are key for ecological and evolutionary studies and are especially relevant for areas such as the Maldivian Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, which can act as a stepping-stone for the transport of widely distributed marine species. 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