"First electronmicroscopical investigations of spermatozoa in  Tardigrada  were done by Bacetti et al. (1971) using   Macrobiotus hufelandi. 
...
The spermatozoon (of  Isohypsibius granulifer  ) is about 100 µm long."


Karen Wolburg-Buchholz, Hartmut Greven: On the fine structure of the spermatozoon of Isohysibius granulifer Thulin 1928 (Eutardigrada) with reference to its differentiation.-
2nd International Symposion on Tardigrades, Krakow, Poland, July 28-30, 1977. p. 191 - 197 (printed in 1979).


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