Fig. 5

Schematic comparison of the ventromedian attachment sites and their associated muscles in tardigrades. Representation of Actinarctus doryphorus (this study), Echiniscoides sigismundi (this study), Batillipes pennaki [31], Milnesium tardigradum [30], Hypsibius exemplaris [32], Halobiotus crispae [35], Richtersius coronifer [25] and Paramacrobiotus richtersi [26] with tree topology and taxa names following recent taxonomic and phylogenetic assessments [1, 11, 13, 42]