Definition of Tardigrada. Meaning of Tardigrada. Synonyms of Tardigrada

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Definition of Tardigrada

Tardigrada
Tardigrada Tar`di*gra"da, n. pl. [NL. See Tardigrade, a.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3. 2. (Zo["o]l.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.

Meaning of Tardigrada from wikipedia

- bear'. In 1776, the Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani named them Tardigrada, which means 'slow walker'. They live in diverse regions of Earth's biosphere –...
- characteristic shared by ecdysozoans is a three-layered cuticle (four in Tardigrada) composed of organic material, which is periodically molted as the animal...
- 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...
- Panarthropoda is a proposed animal clade containing the extant phyla Arthropoda, Tardigrada (water bears) and Onychophora (velvet worms). Panarthropods also include...
- ISSN 0289-0003. PMID 28148217. Nelson, Diane R. (2002). "Current Status of the Tardigrada: Evolution and Ecology". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42 (3):...
- Tardigrada, together forming the Panarthropoda. Stanleycaris appears to be a basal Euarthropod. Antennopoda was defined by De Haro, where Tardigrada was...
- Clark (2007). "Tardigrada of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China". Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Tardigrada (66 Suppl. 1): 49–55...
- typically with paired appendages. Two smaller phyla, the Onychophora and Tardigrada, are close relatives of the arthropods and share these traits. The ecdysozoans...
- Eutardigrada are a class of tardigrades (Tardigrada) without lateral appendages. Primarily freshwater bound, some species have secondarily gained the ability...
- 2004). "Phylogenetic relationships among sloths (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Tardigrada): the craniodental evidence". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...