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| Thermozodium esakii Rahm, 1937 |
The class Mesotardigrada has only one species, Thermozodium esakii. A class is the Taxonomic rank in the Biological classification of organisms in Biology below phylum and above order. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The animal has six claws of equal length at each foot. This species was recorded in 1937 by Rahm from a hot spring near Nagasaki in Japan. ( is the Capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Unfortunately, the locus typicus has been destroyed by an earthquake. In biology a type is that which fixes a name to a Taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question a type may be a specimen The type specimen has also been lost. In biology a type is that which fixes a name to a Taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question a type may be a specimen