Tardigrades from rock pools in "Parco dell´Appennino Tosco-Emiliano" (Parma, Italy) were quantified from the dry substrate and classified up to genus level. Rock pools were divided in Pans, Intermedia
Symbiotic associations of metazoans with bacteria strongly influence animal biology, they are ubiquitous and virtually no animal is completely free from bacteria. Tardigrades are micrometazoans famous
