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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 833 | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes 2004 Invertebrate Zoology. A functional evolutionary approach. 7th Ed. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning learning, Inc. 990 p. | 2004 | Rhopalaea desme | --> |
| 19 | Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K. | 2005 | Rhopalaea desme | --> |
| 128823 | Shenkar, N. 2013 A new species of the genus Rhopalaea (Class: Ascidiacea) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 3599:8p. | 2013 | Rhopalaea desme | 2:tab.1 |