{"id":764,"date":"2023-03-17T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dazzling-banach.212-132-101-160.plesk.page\/\/?page_id=764"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T17:49:36","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dazzling-banach.212-132-101-160.plesk.page\/?page_id=764","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"764\" class=\"elementor elementor-764\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-449af4c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"449af4c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3259ce9\" data-id=\"3259ce9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fa5a11 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fa5a11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b855996 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b855996\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f6c27b\" data-id=\"6f6c27b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e44f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8e44f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To cite this key:<\/p><p>Grothman, Gary Thomas, and Grothman, Allison. 2025. Online key to Tardigrada genera. Available from: https:\/\/dazzling-banach.212-132-101-160.plesk.page\/key<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb54e71 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb54e71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81a57a1 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"81a57a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div 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elementor-size-default\">Exploring the Extraordinary World of Tardigrades<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-325e226 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"325e226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This main focus of this website is the Key, a comprehensive identification aid to the genus level for tardigrade specimens, intended for new observers and students, though possibly of some use to some more experienced tardigradologists.\u00a0 It depends on microscopic observation, typically with phase contrast or differential interference contrast, to recognize the diagnostic features useful for identification.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06b364 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d06b364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are just curious about these wonderful creatures, here is a very incomplete list of useful resources on the web which may help satisfy your curiosity, in no particular order:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4598bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4598bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada.modena.unimo.it\/miscellanea\/Actual%20checklist%20of%20Tardigrada.pdf\">The current Actual Checklist of Tardigrada Species (PDF)<\/a><BR>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evozoo.unimore.it\/site\/home\/tardigrade-tools\/articolo1080044528.html\">Unimore&#8217;s Laboratory of evolutionary zoology Tardigrade tools<\/a><BR>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrada.net\/\">Tardigrada.net newsletter and register<\/a><BR>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tardigrada.pub\/\">Tardigrada.pub repository of public-domain tardigrade papers<\/a><BR>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sun.iwu.edu\/~tardisdp\/tardigrade_facts.html\">Bear Facts at IWU&#8217;s Species Distribution Project<\/a><BR>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tardigrades.com\/\">Mach&#8217;s Tardigrade Page<\/a><BR>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3a648b elementor-align-left elementor-tablet-align-left elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c3a648b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:3000}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"\/how-to?\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">HOW TO USE THE KEY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5040468 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5040468\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c0c35b\" data-id=\"9c0c35b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f8f76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78f8f76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your host<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8363bac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8363bac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Gary Grothman has a PhD in Microbiology &amp; Immunology from SUNY (HSC at Syracuse) and currently teaches biology at St. Mary&#8217;s University (Calgary, Canada).<\/div><div>He is responsible for all the errors on these pages.<\/div><p>If you have comments, suggestions, corrections, or objections, please use the &#8220;Contact Us&#8221; button below with 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