Water Bears
Common Name: Water Bears
Scientific Name: Echiniscoides sigimunde
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Merostomata
Other Taxonomy: Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Specimen #:100
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Presumed dead
Location: unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Tardigrades occur throughout the world, from the Himalayas (above 6,000 metres (20,000 ft)), to the deep sea (below 4,000 metres (13,000 ft)) and from the polar regions to the equator.The most convenient place to find tardigrades is on lichens and mosses. Other environments are dunes, beaches, soil, and marine or freshwater sediments, where they may occur quite frequently (up to 25,000 animals per liter). Tardigrades often can be found by soaking a piece of moss in spring water.
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: Tardigrades occur throughout the world, from the Himalayas (above 6,000 metres (20,000 ft)), to the deep sea (below 4,000 metres (13,000 ft)) and from the polar regions to the equator.The most convenient place to find tardigrades is on lichens and mosses. Other environments are dunes, beaches, soil, and marine or freshwater sediments, where they may occur quite frequently (up to 25,000 animals per liter). Tardigrades often can be found by soaking a piece of moss in spring water.
Relationship with humans: no known relationship with humans
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade
Scientific Name: Echiniscoides sigimunde
Phylum: Tardigrada
Class: Merostomata
Other Taxonomy: Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Specimen #:100
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Presumed dead
Location: unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Tardigrades occur throughout the world, from the Himalayas (above 6,000 metres (20,000 ft)), to the deep sea (below 4,000 metres (13,000 ft)) and from the polar regions to the equator.The most convenient place to find tardigrades is on lichens and mosses. Other environments are dunes, beaches, soil, and marine or freshwater sediments, where they may occur quite frequently (up to 25,000 animals per liter). Tardigrades often can be found by soaking a piece of moss in spring water.
Invasive? not invasive
Natural area of growth: Tardigrades occur throughout the world, from the Himalayas (above 6,000 metres (20,000 ft)), to the deep sea (below 4,000 metres (13,000 ft)) and from the polar regions to the equator.The most convenient place to find tardigrades is on lichens and mosses. Other environments are dunes, beaches, soil, and marine or freshwater sediments, where they may occur quite frequently (up to 25,000 animals per liter). Tardigrades often can be found by soaking a piece of moss in spring water.
Relationship with humans: no known relationship with humans
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade