Studying the details of the life cycle and reproduction in the Tardigrade of Mashhad

Tardigrades are microscopic sized Ecdysozoans. In Iran, in the last year and for the first time, ‎these animals were identified and reported in Mashhad, and it immediately became an ‎important question that what is the extent of tolerance and biological and reproductive details of ‎these animals in Iran. Therefore, in this study, it has been tried to study the mechanism of ‎biological and physiological adaptations, especially to temperature and humidity stresses. Also, ‎the development stages of the living details of these animals should be studied and compared ‎with other studies in other climates. For this purpose, sampling was conducted from valleys and ‎basins in Mashhad city during four seasons of 2014 to 2016. After identification of the species, ‎films were recorded for these animals at least 6 hours per day, and the results of this study have ‎been gathered on the favorable environmental conditions, reproductive details and development ‎of eggs, nutrition, and other factors.‎

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Protostomata ، Arthropoda ، Tardigrade ، Iran ، Khorasan