Marsopa - Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Bibliografía

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Alfredo López Fernández y José Antonio Martínez Cedeira
CEMMA, Apdo. 15, 36380 Gondomar (Pontevedra)

Fecha de publicación: 8-06-2011

Revisiones: 20-09-2017

López-Fernández, A., Martínez-Cedeira, J. A. (2017). Marsopa – Phocoena phocoena. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Barja, I. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/