Range and Habitat
- The species has been sighted from mountaintops to the deep sea, from tropical rain forests to the Antarctic. Most species live in freshwater or semiaquatic terrestrial environments, while about 150 marine species have been recorded
- All Tardigrades are considered aquatic because they need water around their bodies to permit gas exchange as well as to prevent uncontrolled dessication.
- Most easily found in a film of water on lichens and mosses, as well as in sand dunes, soil, sediments and leaf litter
- All Tardigrades are considered aquatic because they need water around their bodies to permit gas exchange as well as to prevent uncontrolled dessication.
- Most easily found in a film of water on lichens and mosses, as well as in sand dunes, soil, sediments and leaf litter