Mesocrista is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.
Mesocrista | |
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A microscopic diagram showing Mesocrista spitzbergensis at fig A | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Tardigrada |
Class: | Eutardigrada |
Order: | Parachela |
Family: | Hypsibiidae |
Genus: | Mesocrista Pilato, 1987 |
Species | |
see text |
Species
edit- Mesocrista marcusi (Rudescu, 1964)
- Mesocrista spitzbergensis (Richters, 1903)