Template:Taxonomy/Tardigrada

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Ancestral taxa
Domain:	Eukaryota	/displayed	[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Amorphea		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Obazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Opisthokonta		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Holozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Filozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Kingdom:	Animalia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	ParaHoxozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Bilateria		[Taxonomy; edit]
Clade:	Nephrozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Protostomia		[Taxonomy; edit]
Superphylum:	Ecdysozoa		[Taxonomy; edit]
(unranked):	Panarthropoda		[Taxonomy; edit]
Phylum:	Tardigrada		[Taxonomy; edit]

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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 http://labs.bio.unc.edu/goldstein/SmithGoldstein2017.pdf - 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. doi:10.1038/nature13576. PMID 25132546. Bibcode: 2014Natur.514..363S.