The name Tardigrada means "slow walker" and was given by Italian biologist Spallanzani in 1777. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [New art] Reference
I am leaving out tardigrades (Tardigrada) and bdelloid rotifers (Rotifera), because, although some of their species live in mosses, lichens and in the soil and can survive desiccation much better than almost all truly terrestrial animals, they require to be surrounded with relatively large volumes of water to be active. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
"Tardigrada.". From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Tardigrada) row 2, cell 3. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Tardigrada (Tanarctus bubulubus); f Priapulida (. From Wordnik.com. [Pharyngula] Reference
Tim says he has so far eaten from the following animal phyla: Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Rotifera, Tardigrada, Sipunculida, Bryozoa, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda, Chordata and Echinodermata. From Wordnik.com. [So many phyla so little time to eat them all] Reference
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