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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3723 | Hirai, E. 1952 On a new species of compound ascidian, Distaplia imaii n. sp. from Japan. Science Reports of the Tôhoku University (4), 1952. | 1952 | Distaplia imaii | --> |
| 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 | Distaplia imaii | --> |