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Tardigrade anatomy [3]. Tardigrades have a short plump body with four pairs of hollow unjointed legs. Most range from 0.1 to 0.5 mm (0.004 to 0.02 in) in length, although the largest species may reach 1.3 mm (0.051 in).
The Hypsibiidae are a family of water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada. [1] [2] [3] Subfamilies and genera. Subfamily Diphasconinae.
Ramazzottius is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada, named after the Italian zoologist Giuseppe Ramazzotti. Ramazzottius varieornatus (see image) is a terrestrial invertebrate that is extroardinarily tolerant of extreme conditions such as irradiation, chemicals, dehydration and high pressure. [ 2 ]
Necopinatidae is a family of water bears or moss piglets, tardigrades in the class Eutardigrada. [1] It contains the following species in two genera Apodibius.
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Bears and Water. Bears, like people, are terrestrial animals, but like people they love to swim. Cooling off in water is one of a bear’s favorite pastimes in the hot summer months and you can ...
Aerobius is a genus of extinct tardigrades ("water bears") of the superfamily Hypsibioidea. The genus contains a single species , A. dactylus , known from a single individual preserved in amber . The Aerobius holotype is preserved in the same piece of Late Cretaceous amber as Beorn , another extinct tardigrade.
Panarthropoda is a proposed animal clade containing the extant phyla Arthropoda, Tardigrada (water bears) and Onychophora (velvet worms). [3] Panarthropods also include extinct marine legged worms known as lobopodians ("Lobopodia"), a paraphyletic group where the last common ancestor and basal members of each extant panarthropod phylum are thought to have risen.