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which has two ribs running the length of the body on each side, only one rib is on each side of
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Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae)".
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species known from the fossil record and one of only two from
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Stuttgarter Beiträge zur
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