. Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage. Zoogeography -- Geographical distribution; Animal ecology. Fig. 104.—Tardigrades from moss: left to right, Macrobiotus; Milnesium; Echiniscus. After Richters. in mosses which had been heated to a temperature of 80°, some even to 150°, or had been cooled in liquid helium to —272°.97 The moss fauna is surprising in its cosmopolitan composition. The slight weight of the dried-up animals favors their distribution S*& &. 4i Fig. 105.—Eggs of tardigrades: left. Macrobiotus gra
. Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage. Zoogeography -- Geographical distribution; Animal ecology. Fig. 104.—Tardigrades from moss: left to right, Macrobiotus; Milnesium; Echiniscus. After Richters. in mosses which had been heated to a temperature of 80°, some even to 150°, or had been cooled in liquid helium to —272°.97 The moss fauna is surprising in its cosmopolitan composition. The slight weight of the dried-up animals favors their distribution S*& &. 4i Fig. 105.—Eggs of tardigrades: left. Macrobiotus granulatus; right, M. coronifer. After Richters. by the wind. Close selection by unfavorable environmental factors prevents the competition of other local animals with the moss animals. Some of these animals have a very wide horizontal and vertical dis- tribution. Seven of twelve antarctic rotifers (Bdelloidea) have been found elsewhere. Most of the Tardigrada which were brought back. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hesse, Richard, 1868-1944; Allee, W. C. (Warder Clyde), 1885-1955; Schmidt, Karl Patterson, 1890-1957. New York : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. ; London : Chapman & Hall, Limited
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