Marine Tardigrades are so goofy lol.
They look like monsters a child would draw and would later come to life and be revealed to not be very scary at all.
And here is Tanarctus Bubulubus drawn by Stine B. Elle, from this paper: https://doi.org/10.1078/0044-5231-00051
I have been doing some research into Stine B Elle because their art is used everywhere but barely ever actually cited, so will update on that
if anyone has any information on Stine B. Elle, I would love to reach out as I love their art!!!!!
(Schill, R.O. ed., (2018). Water Bears: The Biology of Tardigrades. Zoological Monographs. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95702-9.)









