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- A new species of marine tardigrade has been discovered on the coast of Tamil Nadu.
- It has been named ‘Batillipes chandrayaani’ after the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission by researchers.
- Tardigrades are commonly known as ‘water bears’. These are microscopic marvels.
- It is the third marine tardigrade species that has been scientifically discovered in Indian waters and the second from the east coast.
- Marine tardigrades are found in oceans and account for 17% of all known tardigrade species.
- They have tiny physiques but are among the hardest animals and are highly regarded for their survival skills.
- It grows to a length of 0.15 millimetres and 0.04 millimetres in width.
- Batillipes chandrayaani is also the 39th species described under the genus Batillipes.
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