Tardigrada

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Etymology

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

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Tardigrada

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

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