Thursday 17 March 2011

Video of Tardigrade,


most Facts on the Tardigrade and the extreme survival capabilites of life

This is a short video of how the Tardigrade moves

Characteristics of the Tardigrada:-
1)Bilaterally symmetrical.
2)Body has more than two cell layers, tissues and organs.
3)Body cavity is partially a coelom.
4)Most possesses a through straight gut with an anus.
5)Body monomeric.
6)Body possesses 4 pairs of unjointed claw bearing legs.
7)Body possesses a fixed number of cells (eutelic).
8)Has no circulatory or respiratory system.
9)Primitive excretory organs in some species.
10)Reproduction normally sexual and gonochoristic, but can be parthenogenetic.
11)Feed on a plants or small animals.
12)All live in aquatic or damp places, normally associated with vegetation. 

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