Tardigrada

See also: tardigrada

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”), named by Spallanzani in 1776.

Proper noun

Tardigrada

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa – the tardigrades, water bears, or moss piglets, small, hardy animals found in many kinds of environments.
(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the sloths and the sloth bear.

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum

Hyponyms

(phylum): Heterotardigrada, Eutardigrada (classes)

References

Tardigrada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tardigrada on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tardigrada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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