… specific case of Tardigrada, a brief review is given of recent advances in cryptobiosis. We …
refute physiological distinctions between different classes of cryptobiosis. Crowe (1 971, 1975) …

… The Tardigrada are bilaterally symmetrical micrometazoans with four … The ability of tardigrades
to undergo cryptobiosis has long intrigued scientists. … Cryptobiotic states aid in dispersal. …

… Anoxybiosis is a cryptobiotic state induced by low oxygen tensions in the environmental
water. Some species can survive up to 5 days in anoxybiosis; however, strictly aquatic species …

… (linked to the molting process) and cryptobiosis (which originated convergently twice within
the … the cryptobiotic process are analyzed. ► The selective advantages of cryptobiosis are …

… the ability to enter cryptobiosis have attracted considerable … Noticeably, the phenomenon
cryptobiosis touches upon our … are currently ongoing within Tardigrada. However, all three …

… cryptobiosis at all stages of their life cycle, as eggs as well as in juvenile and adult stages.
Cryptobiosis … Being particularly resilient in the cryptobiotic tun-state, tardigrades are renowned …

… on cryptobiosis and we argue that osmobiosis should be defined as a state of cryptobiosis
induced … the evolutionary forerunner of cryptobiosis forms that involve body water deprivation. …

… differences do exist in exit times between cryptobiotic states and that lack of glucose does
… our knowledge of Phylum Tardigrada. Keywords: tardigrade, cryptobiosis, anhydrobiosis, …

… Our research on cryptobiosis focused on some ecological and evolutionary aspects. We
evaluated: i) the long-term anhydrobiotic survival by comparing quantitative data on recovery …

The aim of this project was to determine the metabolic rate of tardigrades and how it
depends on conditions such as temperature and salinity, as well as how it changes during …