- In 1777, the
Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani named them
Tardigrada (/
tɑːrˈdɪɡrədə/),
which means "slow steppers". They have been
found in diverse...
- 96 Murray, J., 1905. The
Tardigrada of the
Forth Valley. Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist., 55: 160 - 164 Murray, J., 1906. The
Tardigrada of the
Forth Valley. Part...
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characteristic shared by
ecdysozoans is a three-layered
cuticle (four in
Tardigrada)
composed of
organic material,
which is
periodically molted as the animal...
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Panarthropoda is a
proposed animal clade containing the
extant phyla Arthropoda,
Tardigrada (water bears) and
Onychophora (velvet worms).
Panarthropods also include...
-
Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840), the
nominal taxon for
Hypsibioidea (
Tardigrada: Eutardigrada)". Zootaxa. 4415 (1): 45–75. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4415.1...
- 2004). "Phylogenetic
relationships among sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra,
Tardigrada): the
craniodental evidence".
Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society...
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periodically shed
during growth. Two
smaller phyla, the
Onychophora and
Tardigrada, are
close relatives of the
arthropods and
share some
traits with them...
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typically with
paired appendages. Two
smaller phyla, the
Onychophora and
Tardigrada, are
close relatives of the
arthropods and
share these traits. The ecdysozoans...
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Eutardigrada are a
class of
tardigrades (
Tardigrada)
without lateral appendages.
Primarily freshwater bound, some
species have
secondarily gained the ability...
- be paraphyletic, as the
three living panarthropod groups (Arthropoda,
Tardigrada and Onychophora) are
thought to have
evolved from
lobopodian ancestors...
