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THE marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris Dana has been recognized as the only species of the genus1–3, and to this species belong the many specimens collected on April 11, 1953, at Bingham Station No. 70, at 04° 42′ S., 81° 22′ W., near the Peruvian coast.
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DELLA CROCE, N. The Marine Cladoceran Penilia avirostris Dana in the American Waters of the Pacific Ocean. Nature 201, 842 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201842a0
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