tardigrada

Proper noun

Origin

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

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TARDIGRADA, apparently Arthropodous animals whose relationship to the great classes of this sub-kingdom is masked by degenerative modification.
Several genera and species of Tardigrada have been described, perhaps the best known being Macrobiotus schultzii and Milnesium tardigradum.
Incertae sedis - Tardigrada, Pentastomidae (degenerate forms).

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