The gastrotrichs (phylum Gastrotricha), commonly referred to as hairybellies or hairybacks, are a group of microscopic (0.06–3.0 mm), cylindrical, acoelomate...

and smaller groups of phyla such as the Rouphozoa which includes the gastrotrichs and the flatworms. All of these are grouped as the Platytrochozoa, which...

classical form. Other spiralian phyla (rotifers, brachiopods, phoronids, gastrotrichs, and bryozoans) are also said to display a derived form of spiral cleavage...

and smaller crustaceans such as copepods and ostracodes. Foraminiferan Gastrotrich Copepod Tardigrade (water bear) Microbenthos, prefix from the Greek mikrós...

was a coelomate organism and the main acoelomate phyla (flatworms and gastrotrichs) have lost body cavities secondarily (the Archicoelomata hypothesis and...

terrestrial environments are represented by the following eleven phyla: Gastrotrichs (hairy-backs) live in transient terrestrial water and go dormant during...

indicate that the freshwater fauna includes a species of Protista, a gastrotrich, two species of tardigrade, at least four species of nematode, 26 species...

microscopic bodies of water and moisture, these include rotifers and gastrotrichs which lay resilient eggs capable of surviving years in dry environments...

A mature gastrotrich, with visible cells on the surface. Further growth will now occur solely by cell enlargement....

high marine interstitial diversity in Disko Island. For instance, the gastrotrich species Diuronotus aspetos is found in Iterdla and Kigdlugssaitsut and...