The Tardigrade is almost dead in the cryptobiotic stage, other than the fact that it can revive itself from this state.
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探讨了寒武纪叶足动物与有爪动物、缓步动物和节肢动物之间的关系及其可能的系统位置。
The relationship among Cambrian lobopodian, onychophorans, tardigrades and arthropods is further discussed, and a possible systematic position of the Cambrian lobopodians is suggested.
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因为在缓步动物的身体里没有水,而在隐生状态下恢复新陈代谢,又不能通过自身的改变来完成。
Because there is no water in the body of the Tardigrade while in a cryptobiotic state to aid metabolism, the Tardigrade cannot go through any physical changes (from self) while dehydrated.