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• Cecchetto, M., Alvaro, M.C., Ghiglione, C., Guzzi, A., Mazzoli, C., Piazza, P. & Schiaparelli, S. 2017. Distributional records of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Ophiuroidea from samples curated at the Italian National Antarctic Museum (MNA): check-list update of the group in the Terra Nova Bay area (Ross Sea) and launch of the MNA 3D model ‘virtual gallery’. ZooKeys 705: 61—79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.705.13712 . Reference page. 

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Links

• Ophiuroidea in the World Register of Marine Species