Tardigrades, Water Bears, Moss Piglets Tardigrada (Spallanzani 1777)
Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, are a type of microscopic animal found across a vast array of moist and aquatic environments. Tardigrades are known for their extensive resilience due to the fact that they are also found in extreme environments such as Antarctica, deep sea vents, and mud...
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Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, are a type of microscopic animal found across a vast array of moist and aquatic environments. Tardigrades are known for their extensive resilience due to the fact that they are also found in extreme environments such as Antarctica, deep sea vents, and mud volcanoes. They are commonly used as a model organism for scientific research.
Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/tardigrade.html
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| spelling | doaj-art-c0847e97035046ffb03f9c521de91cc02025-02-08T05:46:09ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092021-04-0120212Tardigrades, Water Bears, Moss Piglets Tardigrada (Spallanzani 1777)Carrie Suen0Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8116-0249University of FloridaUniversity of Florida Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, are a type of microscopic animal found across a vast array of moist and aquatic environments. Tardigrades are known for their extensive resilience due to the fact that they are also found in extreme environments such as Antarctica, deep sea vents, and mud volcanoes. They are commonly used as a model organism for scientific research. Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/tardigrade.html https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/121386 |
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| title | Tardigrades, Water Bears, Moss Piglets Tardigrada (Spallanzani 1777) |
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| title_short | Tardigrades, Water Bears, Moss Piglets Tardigrada (Spallanzani 1777) |
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