(invertebrate zoology) An order of tardigrades which combines certain echiniscoidean features with eutardigradan characters.
Mesotardigrada
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| 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.
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