Mesocrista is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.
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| A microscopic diagram showing Mesocrista spitzbergensis at fig A | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Tardigrada |
| Class: | Eutardigrada |
| Order: | Parachela |
| Family: | Hypsibiidae |
| Genus: | Mesocrista Pilato, 1987 |
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Species
edit- Mesocrista marcusi (Rudescu, 1964)
- Mesocrista spitzbergensis (Richters, 1903)
References
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