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2003 Leite FPP, Turra A, Souza ECF. Population biology and distribution of the tanaid Kalliapseudes schubarti Mañé-Garzon, 1949, in an intertidal flat in Southeastern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 63(3): 469-479, doi:10.1590/S1519-69842003000300013, url:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842003000300013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

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microcrustacean in lateral view

The tanaid Kalliapseudes is abundant in the bay of Araçá and is commonly found in estuaries and sandy-muddy tidal flats of the South and Southeast regions of Brazil. It builds galleries in the substrate and feeds on particulate matter brought by water flow.

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