Tardigrades
Abstract
Tardi-what? Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are a little-studied phylum of animals. First discovered 230 years ago, there are at least 700 different species living on land, in fresh water and in the sea. The tardigrades represent a successful group of animals - in flourishing existence after about 600 million years of evolution - that could hold keys to the patterns and mechanisms by which animal body plans evolve.
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Current Biology
- Pub Date:
- July 2002
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- Bibcode:
- 2002CBio...12.R475G