Key characteristics of the bdelloids include paired ovaries with vitellaria, more than two pedal glands, and ramate trophi. Bdelloids often have a vermiform body, occur in mosses, sediments, soils, among plant debris, or crawling on aquatic vegetation.
Many species are capable of becoming dessicated and then rehydrated.
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