Tardigrada

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”), named by Spallanzani in 1776. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Tardigrada Tartigrades, water bears, or moss piglets, small, hardy animals found in many kinds of environments. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Ecdysozoa. (rare) A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Lobopodia. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – sloths and sloth bears. ==== Hypernyms ==== (phylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum ==== Hyponyms ==== (phylum): Heterotardigrada, Eutardigrada, Mesotardigrada (classes) === References === Tardigrada on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tardigrada on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tardigrada on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Tardigrada at the Tree of Life Web Project Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI