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A DNA barcoding approach in the study of tardigrades

A pest alien invasion in progress: potential pathways of origin of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys populations in Italy

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A revision of the Macrobiotus hufelandi group (Tardigrada, Macrobiotidae), with some observations on the taxonomic characters of eutardigrades

scientific article published in 1993

An integrated study of the biodiversity within the Pseudechiniscus suillus–facettalis group (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae)

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Anhydrobiotic Survival in Populations of the Tardigrades Richtersius coronifer and Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri from Italy and Sweden

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Antioxidant defences in hydrated and desiccated states of the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi

scientific article published on 4 March 2010

BIOKIS: A Model Payload for Multidisciplinary Experiments in Microgravity

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Banding techniques on tardigrade chromosomes: the karyotype of Macrobiotus richtersi (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae).

scientific article published in January 2002

Comparative analysis of Heat shock proteins and thermoresistance in stenothermal insects from caves and cold streams (NE, Italy)

scientific article published in September 2009

Cuticle structure and systematics of the Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada)

scientific article published in 2001

DNA barcoding in Tardigrada: the first case study on Macrobiotus macrocalix Bertolani & Rebecchi 1993 (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae).

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Diapause in tardigrades: a study of factors involved in encystment

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Dispersal ofRamazzottiusand other tardigrades in relation to type of reproduction

Distribution of Calcium and Chitin in the Tardigrade Feeding Apparatus in Relation to its Function and Morphology

scientific article published on 8 April 2015

Dry up and survive: the role of antioxidant defences in anhydrobiotic organisms

Dynamics of Long-term Anhydrobiotic Survival of Lichen-dwelling Tardigrades

Ecology explains anhydrobiotic performance across tardigrades, but the shared evolutionary history matters more

scientific article published in 2023

Effects of a sulfonylurea herbicide on soil microarthropods

Encystment Processes and the “Matrioshka-like Stage” in a Moss-dwelling and in a Limnic Species of Eutardigrades (Tardigrada)

Evaluation of a Secondary Sex Character in Eutardigrades

Evolutionary scenarios for the origin of an Antarctic tardigrade species based on molecular clock analyses and biogeographic data

scholarly article in Contributions to Zoology, vol. 86 no. 2, May 2017

Experimentally induced anhydrobiosis in the tardigrade Richtersius coronifer: phenotypic factors affecting survival

scientific article published in November 2002

Extreme-tolerance mechanisms in meiofaunal organisms: a case study with tardigrades, rotifers and nematodes

scientific article published in 2019

Female gonad of moles, genusTalpa (Insectivora, Mammalia): Ovary or ovotestis?

scientific article published in 2000

First SEM studies on tardigrade spermatozoa

article published in 1991

First evidence of achiasmatic male meiosis in the water bears Richtersius coronifer and Macrobiotus richtersi (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae).

scientific article published in January 2003

Form and function of the feeding apparatus in Eutardigrada (Tardigrada)

scientific article published in 2012

Further insights in the Tardigrada microbiome: phylogenetic position and prevalence of infection of four new Alphaproteobacteria putative endosymbionts

scientific article published in 2019

Genetic diversity and biogeography of the south polar water bear Acutuncus antarcticus (Eutardigrada : Hypsibiidae) – evidence that it is a truly pan-Antarctic species

scholarly article by Michele Cesari et al published 2016 in Invertebrate Systematics

Genetic diversity of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys in the invaded territories of Europe and its patterns of diffusion in Italy

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Geonemy, ecology, reproductive biology and morphology of the tardigrade Hypsibius zetlandicus (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) with erection of Borealibius gen. n

Hatching phenology and resting eggs in tardigrades

Heat shock proteins in encysted and anhydrobiotic eutardigrades

High diversity in species, reproductive modes and distribution within the complex (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

scientific article published in 2019

Hsp levels and DNA integrity in anhydrobiotic tardigrades

scientific article published in 2008

Identification of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (tps) gene in desiccation tolerant and intolerant tardigrades

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Increasing knowledge of Antarctic biodiversity: new endemic taxa of tardigrades (Eutardigrada; Ramazzottiidae) and their evolutionary relationships

scientific article published in 2019

Integrative description of a new Tunisian tardigrade species, Macrobiotus azzunae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, hufelandi group)

scholarly article published in 2021

Integrative systematic studies on tardigrades from Antarctica identify new genera and new species within Macrobiotoidea and Echiniscoidea

Integrative taxonomy allows the identification of synonymous species and the erection of a new genus of Echiniscidae (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada)

scientific article (publication date: 14 February 2013)

Interspecific relationships of tardigrades with bacteria, fungi and protozoans, with a focus on the phylogenetic position ofPyxidium tardigradum(Ciliophora)

scientific article published in 2016

Life history traits and reproductive mode of the tardigrade Acutuncus antarcticus under laboratory conditions: strategies to colonize the Antarctic environment

Maturative pattern of ovary and testis in eutardigrades of freshwater and terrestrial habitats

Maturative pattern of the ovotestis in two hermaphrodite species of eutardigrades

MicroRNAs and phylogenomics resolve the relationships of Tardigrada and suggest that velvet worms are the sister group of Arthropoda

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Microhabitats, macro-differences: a survey of temperature records in Victoria Land terrestrial and freshwater environments

scientific article published in 2022

Molecular palaeontology illuminates the evolution of ecdysozoan vision.

scientific article published on 5 December 2018

Mopsechiniscus franciscae, a new species of a rare genus of Tardigrada from continental Antarctica

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Morphological and molecular analyses onRichtersius(Eutardigrada) diversity reveal its new systematic position and lead to the establishment of a new genus and a new family within Macrobiotoidea

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Morphology and taxonomy of the genus Ramazzottius (Eutardigrada; Ramazzottiidae) with the integrative description of Ramazzottius kretschmanni sp. nov

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Nature, source and function of pigments in tardigrades: in vivo raman imaging of carotenoids in Echiniscus blumi

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New Cases of Parthenogenesis and Polyploidy in the Genus<i>Ramazzottius</i>(Tardigrada, Hypsibiidae) and a Hypothesis Concerning Their Origin

scientific article published in 1988

New multivariate image analysis method for detection of differences in chemical and structural composition of chitin structures in tardigrade feeding apparatuses

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On dormancy strategies in tardigrades

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

Phenotypic Variations in the Life History of Two Clones of Macrobiotus richtersi (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

Phylogeny of Eutardigrada: new molecular data and their morphological support lead to the identification of new evolutionary lineages

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Phylogeny of the asexual lineage Murrayidae (Macrobiotoidea, Eutardigrada) with the description of

scientific article published on 28 November 2022

Phylum Tardigrada

Rearing Tardigrades: Results and Problems

scientific article published in 2001

Resistance of the anhydrobiotic eutardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi to space flight (LIFE-TARSE mission on FOTON-M3)

scientific article published in 2011

Resistance to Extreme Stresses by a Newly Discovered Japanese Tardigrade Species, Macrobiotus kyoukenus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

scientific article published in 2022

Side effects of the herbicide triasulfuron on collembola under laboratory conditions

Somatic musculature of Tardigrada: phylogenetic signal and metameric patterns

scientific article published in 2013

Space flight effects on antioxidant molecules in dry tardigrades: the TARDIKISS experiment

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

Superoxide Anion Radical Production in the Tardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi, the First Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spin-Trapping Study

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

Survival and DNA degradation in anhydrobiotic tardigrades

scientific article published in December 2009

Survival of freezing by hydrated tardigrades inhabiting terrestrial and freshwater habitats

scientific article published on 22 March 2011

Tardigrada

article published in 2010

Tardigrade Resistance to Space Effects: first results of experiments on the LIFE-TARSE mission on FOTON-M3 (September 2007).

scientific article published in July 2009

Tardigrades Use Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to Survive Desiccation.

scientific article published on March 2017

Tardigrades of Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve with description of four new species from Sweden

scholarly article published in 2021

The Compact Body Plan of Tardigrades Evolved by the Loss of a Large Body Region

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

The Macrobiotus persimilis-polonicus complex (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae), another example of problematic species identification, with the description of four new species

scientific article published on 24 December 2022

The Microbial Community of Tardigrades: Environmental Influence and Species Specificity of Microbiome Structure and Composition

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

The Spermatozoon in Tardigrades: Evolution and Relationships with the Environment

scientific article published in 2001

The tardigrades of Emilia (Italy). I. Rossena

scientific article published in January 1988

The tardigrades of Emilia (Italy). II. Monte Rondinaio. A multihabitat study on a high altitude valley of the northern Apennines

scholarly article by ROBERTO BERTOLANI & Lorena Rebecchi published January 1996 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

The toughest animals of the Earth versus global warming: Effects of long-term experimental warming on tardigrade community structure of a temperate deciduous forest

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Thermal stress induces HSP70 proteins synthesis in larvae of the cold stream non-biting midge Diamesa cinerella Meigen

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Thermotolerance and hsp70 heat shock response in the cold-stenothermal chironomid Pseudodiamesa branickii (NE Italy).

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Ultrastructural study of spermiogenesis and the testicular and spermathecal spermatozoon of the Gonochoristic Tardigrade Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Talpa romana (Mammalia, Lipotyphla)

scientific article published in 2005

Ultraviolet radiation tolerance in hydrated and desiccated eutardigrades

scientific article published in 2011

Variation in anhydrobiotic survival of two eutardigrade morphospecies: a story of cryptic species and their dispersal

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What can we learn from the toughest animals of the Earth? Water bears (tardigrades) as multicellular model organisms in order to perform scientific preparations for lunar exploration

article by Roberto Guidetti et al published December 2012 in Planetary and Space Science

What if the claws are reduced? Morphological and molecular phylogenetic relationships of the genusHaplomacrobiotusMay, 1948 (Eutardigrada, Parachela)

article published in 2016

When DNA sequence data and morphological results fit together: Phylogenetic position of Crenubiotus within Macrobiotoidea (Eutardigrada) with description of Crenubiotus ruhesteini sp. nov

scholarly article published in 2021

Will the Antarctic tardigrade Acutuncus antarcticus be able to withstand environmental stresses due to global climate change?

scientific article published on 14 December 2017