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  • [2] They are also known as Tardigrades which means "slow stepper" named by Italian scientist Spallanzani in

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • [2] They are also known as Tardigrades which means "slow stepper" named by Italian scientist Spallanzani in

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • This text, for example, lists Tardigrada (water bears) as a class within the subphylum of Arachnida in the phylum Arthropoda - as opposed to the current classification of Tardigrades in their own phylum.

    New art frankwu 2007

  • Tardigrades, or "water bears," are microscopic eight-legged critters known to survive extreme temperatures, tons of radiation, and nearly a decade without water on Earth.

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • Tardigrades, popularly known as Water Bears, are microscopic invertebratesin the animal kingdom that arealmost indestructible.

    Experiments with ���Water Bears��� in Vacuum of Space to Help Cancer Treatment 2008

  • Tardigrades are microscopic, aquatic animals that live in various semi-terrestrial habitats, such as mosses and lichens but also in the sea.

    Papers read this week AYDIN 2006

  • If you are looking for a though Eukaryota you have Tardigrades.

    Let’s Go Screw Up Some Other Planets! cjohnson 2006

  • Tardigrades are microscopic, aquatic animals that live in various semi-terrestrial habitats, such as mosses and lichens but also in the sea.

    Archive 2006-11-01 AYDIN 2006

  • As for Rotifers and Tardigrades being spontaneously generated, my mind can no more digest such statements, whether true or false, than my stomach can digest a lump of lead.

    Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant

  • As for Rotifers and Tardigrades being spontaneously generated, my mind can no more digest such statements, whether true or false, than my stomach can digest a lump of lead.

    Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

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