NGS data from historical museum collections help to clarify the conservation status of endangered or supposedly extinct species: the case of the Mascarene endemic freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium hirtimanus () | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Multidisciplinary solutions for conservation

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Issue		Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst. Number 427, 2026 Multidisciplinary solutions for conservation


Article Number		4
Number of page(s)		10
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2025032
Published online		02 February 2026

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