Mesocrista

Mesocrista is a genus of water bear or moss piglet, a tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.

Mesocrista
A microscopic diagram showing Mesocrista spitzbergensis at fig A
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Parachela
Family:	Hypsibiidae
Genus:	Mesocrista Pilato, 1987
Species
see text

Species

• Mesocrista marcusi (Rudescu, 1964)
• Mesocrista spitzbergensis (Richters, 1903)