Template:Taxonomy/Tardigrada

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Parent:	`Panarthropoda` [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank:	`phylum` (displays as `Phylum`)
Link:	`Tardigrade\|Tardigrada`(links to `Tardigrade`)
Extinct:	no
Always displayed:	yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references:	–
Parent's taxonomic references:	This is a grouping of three phyla that does not have a formal ranking in the Linnean system. Examples of usage include Frank W. Smith; Bob Goldstein (2017). "Segmentation in Tardigrada and diversification of segmental patterns in Panarthropoda" (PDF). Arthropod Structure & Development. 46: 328–340. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2016.10.005 – via University of North Carolina. - where it is informally referred to as a superphylum Smith, Martin R; Ortega-Hernández, Javier (2014). "Hallucigenia's onychophoran-like claws and the case for Tactopoda". Nature. 514 (7522): 363. Bibcode:2014Natur.514..363S. doi:10.1038/nature13576. PMID 25132546. Giacomelli, Mattia; Vecchi, Matteo; Guidetti, Roberto; Rebecchi, Lorena; Donoghue, Philip C J; Lozano-Fernandez, Jesus & Pisani, Davide (December 2024). "CAT-Posterior Mean Site Frequencies Improves Phylogenetic Modeling Under Maximum Likelihood and Resolves Tardigrada as the Sister of Arthropoda Plus Onychophora". Genome Biology and Evolution. 17 (1) evae273. doi:10.1093/gbe/evae273. – where it is referred to as a clade