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| Phylum echinodermata DL Pawson Zootaxa 1668 (1), 749–764-749–764, 2007 | 271 | 2007 |
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| The marine fauna of New Zealand: sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) DL Pawson New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir, 1970 | 110 | 1970 |
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| Some aspects of the biology of deep-sea echinoderms DL Pawson Thalassia jugoslavica 12 (1), 287-293, 1976 | 76 | 1976 |
| The echinoderm fauna of Ascension island, South Atlantic ocean DL Pawson | 75 | 1978 |
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