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'''''Cryptozoa''''' is the collective name for small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity, as in the wet soil underneath rocks, decomposing tree bark etc. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1943574.pdf?_=1468187939654|title=A Study of the Cryptozoa of an Illinois Woodland on JSTOR|website=www.jstor.org|access-date=2016-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3704995.pdf|title=On the Arachnid Order Palpigradi on JSTOR|website=www.jstor.org|access-date=2016-07-10}}</ref> Examples include pseudoscorpions, slugs, centipedes and earwigs. The habitat of the cryptozoa allows avoidance of fluctuations of temperature and humidity, which makes the contained range of considerably different species quite remarkable.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-61360-9_6|title=Adaptations to Extreme Environments|last=Cloudsley-Thompson|first=Professor Dr John L.|date=1988-01-01|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|isbn=9783540181880|pages=80–98|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-61360-9_6}}</ref> Moreover, cryptozoa are notable for their inclusion of often unnamed varieties of organisms. |
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'''''Cryptozoa''''' is the collective name for animals that have not yet been identified by science. A large part of the cryptozoa are small (generally [[microscopic]]) [[animal]]s that permanently live under conditions with high relative humidity; many of them can be found in any sample of wet soil. |
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Cryptozoa is the collective name for small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity, as in the wet soil underneath rocks, decomposing tree bark etc. [1][2] Examples include pseudoscorpions, slugs, centipedes and earwigs. The habitat of the cryptozoa allows avoidance of fluctuations of temperature and humidity, which makes the contained range of considerably different species quite remarkable.[3] Moreover, cryptozoa are notable for their inclusion of often unnamed varieties of organisms.
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- ^ "A Study of the Cryptozoa of an Illinois Woodland on JSTOR" (PDF). www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ "On the Arachnid Order Palpigradi on JSTOR" (PDF). www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ Cloudsley-Thompson, Professor Dr John L. (1988-01-01). Adaptations to Extreme Environments. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 80–98. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-61360-9_6. ISBN 9783540181880.