Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Tardigrada Class: Mesotardigrada Family Thermozodiidae 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 external links: Tardigrade phylogenetics This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.