In this review we analyze the dormancy strategies of metazoans inhabiting “hostile to life”
habitats, which have a strong impact on their ecology and in particular on the traits of their …

Tardigrade phylogeny is currently the object of intense investigations driven by an
increasing amount of molecular data from a broad taxonomic range of tardigrades. New …

A sister group of the Arthropoda, the Tardigrada are micrometazoans that occupy a diversity
of niches in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial habitats. Commonly called water bears …

The literature on terrestrial and freshwater Tardigrada is relatively limited, being concerned
with 617 species world wide. Many of the references are in obscure publications. This paper …

Since the most recent monograph on Tardigrada by Ramazzotti & Maucci (1983), many
changes have been introduced in the systematics of this phylum which has gone through …

This paper is the third monograph of the series that describes the global records of limno-
terrestrial water bears (Tardigrada). Here, we provide a comprehensive list of non-marine …

Providing accurate animals' phylogenies rely on increasing knowledge of neglected phyla.
Tardigrada diversity evaluated in broad phylogenies (among phyla) is biased towards …

Tardigrades represent one of the most abundant groups of Antarctic metazoans in terms of
abundance and diversity, thanks to their ability to withstand desiccation and freezing; …

Numerous evolutionary lineages representing an armoured, limno-terrestrial family
Echiniscidae are restricted to high mountainous or polar localities, exhibiting clear cold …

Abstract Changes in the trehalose level in the tardigrade Adorybiotus coronifer were
observed during induction of, and arousal from, anhydrobiosis. A trehalose accumulation …