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TARDIGRADES: Dr. William R. Miller Southwestern College WHAT IS A TARDIGRADE? A TARDIGRADE has: 5 body segments Separate sexes, lays eggs 4 pair of legs ending in claws Nervous System with light sensitive spots Full Digestive Excretory Systems Complex mouth pharynx System Well developed muscles NO Respiratory or Circulatory Systems Phylum TARDIGRADA Phylum TARDIGRADA Arthropods Nematodes Insects, Ticks, Mites Round Worms Legs * No legs Respiratory Sys No Respiratory Sys * Ladder Nervous Sys * Straight Nervous Sys Circulatory Sys No Circulatory Sys * Crossed Muscles * Longitudinal Muscles Chewing Mouth Parts Sucking Mouth Parts * TARDIGRADE Structures: TARDIGRADE Life (stages) EXHIBIT: CRYPTOBIOSIS (lack of life) Desiccation as environment dries Animal shrivels into a “Tun” Waits for moisture to return ARE CAPABLE OF SURVIVING: 0.05 deg Kelvin (-272.95 deg C) 20 Hours -200 deg C 20 Months +120 deg C Above boiling 1000 Atmospheres of Pressure 27,000 PSI Pure Vacuum Excessive concentrations: CO, CO2, N2, H2S Live over 125 Years ARE CAPABLE OF SURVIVING: SPACE TRAVEL Cold, Heat, Time, Vacuum, Pressure, Gases have little or no effect on existing form ARE CAPABLE OF SURVIVING: Cryptobiotic “Catch 22” Water molecule required for metabolism ! Water molecule expands at freezing point ! Molecular expansion ruptures cells ! NO metabolism ! TARDIGRADE RESEARCH Ecology, Habitat, Distribution Evolution Phylogenetic positioning Population Dynamics Associations Taxonomy Speciation Zoogeography Biodiversity Vectors DNA TARDIGRADE Classification TARDIGRADE Identification TARDIGRADE Identification Dorsal Plates TARDIGRADE Eggs (fragments) TARDIGRADES: a New Species? TARDIGRADES live in: Moss Lichen Soil Leaf Litter Beach Sand Marine Sediment Fresh Water Algae