| 1. | Usually, tardigrades are about long when they are fully grown.
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| 2. | Tardigrades form the phylum Tardigrada, part of the superphylum Ecdysozoa.
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| 3. | The Siberian tardigrade fossils differ from living tardigrades in several ways.
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| 4. | The Siberian tardigrade fossils differ from living tardigrades in several ways.
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| 5. | Tardigrades live over the entire world, including the high Himalayas.
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| 6. | Antarctica is a desert, with annual seals and tardigrades.
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| 7. | About 1, 150 species of tardigrades have been described.
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| 8. | The most convenient place to find tardigrades is on lichens and mosses.
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| 9. | In this cryptobiotic state, the tardigrade is known as a tun.
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| 10. | Scientists think they represent a stem group of living tardigrades.
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