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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 68823 | Castro, P. and M.E. Huber 2005 Marine biology. 5th ed. 452 p. ; col. ill. Boston, McGraw-Hill. | 2005 | Rhopalaea respiciens | --> |
| 128823 | Shenkar, N. 2013 A new species of the genus Rhopalaea (Class: Ascidiacea) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 3599:8p. | 2013 | Rhopalaea respiciens | 2:tab.1 |
| 98772 | Smithsonian Institution 2015 Rhopalaea respiciens Monniot, 1991. http://collections.si.edu/search/record/nmnhinvertebratezoology_968086 [Accessed 01/14/2015]. | 2015 | Rhopalaea respiciens | --> |