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708:Roux, 1830
704:Latreillia
273:Early life
190:arthropods
133:Entomology
67:1762-11-29
883:Myriapoda
879:Xiphosura
871:Ostracoda
863:Thysanura
844:teleology
792:Oniscidea
787:Porcellio
627:dedicated
285:, as the
257:Biography
186:zoologist
162:Latreille
18:Latreille
1209:(2005).
1181:Archived
1014:: 1–14.
649:micro-CT
292:nickname
232:taxonomy
96:, France
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1092:5 April
851:species
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796:Isopoda
607:obelisk
324:Limoges
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201:species
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367:botany
361:, and
328:deacon
314:priest
198:beetle
129:Fields
106:French
1133:Bauer
1131:Paul
369:from
300:Paris
279:Brive
94:Paris
1223:ISBN
1189:2011
1145:ISBN
1141:2006
1094:2021
944:ISBN
859:taxa
842:and
764:Work
631:Taxa
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