The PEDIGREE of
Pseudobiotus megalonyx

     adult female is 1 mm, large for tardigrade; engages in elaborate mating ritual

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/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa   +====> [ 71]
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Clade of Bilateria and Placozoa
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Tardigrada (Water bears)
/-- Class Eutardigrada (typical freshwater tardigrades)
/-- Order Parachaela
/-- Superfamily Hypsibioidea
/-- Family Hypsibiidae
/-- Subfamily Hypsibiinae
/-- Genus Pseudobiotus (some freshwater tardigrades)
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- Pseudobiotus megalonyx
 

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