Mesotardigrada

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Mesotardigrada | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Tardigrada | classis = Mesotardigrada | familia = Thermozodiidae | genus = Thermozodium | species = T. esakii | binomial = Thermozodium esakii | binomial_authority = Rahm, 1937 }}

The class Mesotardigrada has only one species, Thermozodium esakii. The animal has six claws of equal length at each foot. This species was recorded in 1937 by Rahm from a hot spring near Nagasaki in Japan. Unfortunately, the locus typicus has been destroyed by an earthquake. The type material has been lost also.

Reference http://www.itis.usda.gov
TSN: 155358

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