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Tardigrada

LC control no.sh 85132477
LC classificationQL447.5 Zoology
Topical headingTardigrada
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Variant(s)Bear-animalcules
Bears, Water
Moss piglets
Piglets, Moss
Tardigrades
Water bears
See alsoBilateria
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Invertebrates
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Found inMiller, W.R. Tardigrades : bears of the moss, 1997: p. 3 (Tardigrada; phylum of invertebrates; "Water Bears" or "Moss Piglets") p. 5 (three classes: Heterotardigrada (2 orders with 8 families), Mesotardigrada (1 order with 1 family), Eutardigrada (2 orders with 6 families))
ITIS, Sept. 1, 2004 (Phylum Tardigrada -- tardigrades, water bears)
The American Heritage dictionary of the English language, via WWW, Sept. 1, 2004 (tardigrade: Any of various slow-moving, microscopic invertebrates of the phylum Tardigrada, related to the arthropods and having four body segments and eight legs and living in water or damp moss. Also called water bear)
ITIS, Jan. 6, 2017 (Tardigrada. Taxonomic rank: phylum. Common names: tardigrades; water bears. Superphylum Ecdysozoa, Infrakingdom Protostomia, Subkingdom Bilateria, Kingdom Animalia)
NCBI taxonomy browser, Jan. 6, 2017 (Tardigrada (water bears). Common name: tardigrades. Genbank common name: water bears. Lineage: cellular organisms; superkingdom Eukaryota; [no rank] Opisthokonta; kingdom Metazoa; [no rank] Eumetazoa; [no rank] Bilateria; [no rank] Protostomia; [no rank] Ecdysozoa; [no rank] Panarthropoda)