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Mesocrista  Pilato, 1987
Taxonomic Serial No.: 710236

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumTardigrada  – tardigrades, water bears, tardigrades, tardígrado  
                ClassEutardigrada Richters, 1926 – eutardigrades  
                   OrderParachela Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick and Christenberry, 1980  
                      FamilyHypsibiidae Pilato, 1969  
                         SubfamilyItaquasconinae Pilato, 1969  
                            GenusMesocrista Pilato, 1987  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesMesocrista spitzbergensis (Richters, 1903)  
       
                             GenusMesocrista Pilato, 1987 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                               SpeciesMesocrista marcusi (Rudescu, 1964)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Guidetti, Roberto, and Roberto Bertolani   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Tardigrade taxonomy: an updated check list of the taxa and a list of characters for their identification   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 845   
  Page(s): 1-46   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Mesocrista   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pilato, Giovanni   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revision of the genus Diphascon Plate, 1889, with remarks on the subfamily Itaquasconinae (Eutardigrada, Hypsobiidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology of Tardigrades: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Tardigrada, Modena, September 3-5, 1985   
  Page(s): 337-357   
  Publisher: MUCCHI   
  Publication Place: Modena, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 88-7000-108-3   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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