Mesotardigrada

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Mesotardigrada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Tardigrada Class: Mesotardigrada Family: Thermozodiidae Genus: Thermozodium Species: T. esakii
Binomial name
Thermozodium esakii Rahm, 1937

The class Mesotardigrada has only one species, Thermozodium esakii. The animal has six claws of equal length at each foot. This species was recorded in 1937 by Rahm from a hot spring near Nagasaki in Japan. Unfortunately, the locus typicus has been destroyed by an earthquake. The type specimen has also been lost.

[edit] External links

• Tardigrade phylogenetics
• Mesotardigrada (TSN 155358). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.