Phylum Tardigrada Flashcards
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Q
What are the general characteristics of phylum Tardigrada?
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- known as waterbears
- slow moving
- are protosomes
- have a complete gut
- show cephalization with segmented nerve system
- are dioecious
- they molt to grow, molting their proteinaceous cuticle
- show crytobiosis
- have pseudocoelom and eucoelom
