The rotifers (/ˈroʊtɪfərz/, from the Latin rota, "wheel", and -fer, "bearing"), commonly called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera...

"leech") is a class of rotifers found in freshwater habitats all over the world. There are over 450 described species of bdelloid rotifers (or 'bdelloids')...

Aspelta is a genus of rotifers within the family Dicranophoridae. Members of this genus can be found in multiple areas throughout the world. Aspelta clydona...

Polyarthra is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Synchaetidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Polyarthra bicerca Wulfert...

Pompholyx is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Testudinellidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Australia. Species: Pompholyx...

Epiphanes is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Epiphanidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. Epiphanes includes the following...

Parthenogenesis occurs in the wild in many invertebrates (e.g. water fleas, rotifers, aphids, stick insects, some ants, bees and parasitic wasps) and vertebrates...

the Cycliophora. Gnathiferans include some of the most abundant phyla. Rotifers are among the most diverse and abundant freshwater animals and chaetognaths...

(tolerate a wide range of salinity) rotifer in the family Brachionidae, and is possibly the only commercially important rotifer, being raised in the aquaculture...

Wolga is a monotypic genus of rotifers belonging to the family Trichotriidae. The only species is Wolga spinifera. The species is found in Europe. "Wolga"...

separate phylum are most closely related to the rotifers. They are possibly closer to the two rotifer classes Bdelloidea and Monogononta than to the other...

Clariaidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima. One genus with one species: Claria Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov, 1990 Claria segmentata...

Hyposmocoma rotifer is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian...

Platytrochozoa, which has a sister group, the Gnathifera, which includes the rotifers. The Lophotrochozoa includes the molluscs, annelids, brachiopods, nemerteans...

they are descended from, and should be considered as, highly modified rotifers. This unified taxon is known as Syndermata. The earliest recognisable description...

Philodina acuticornis is a species of freshwater bdelloid rotifers. "Utilization of a new bdelloid rotifer (Philodina acuticornis odiosa) assay to evaluate the...

I.; Mangor-Jensen, A.; Stoss, J (2008). "Several micronutrients in the rotifer Brachionus sp. may not fulfil the nutritional requirements of marine fish...

Brachionus is a genus of planktonic rotifers occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water. Species included in Brachionus include: Brachionus amsterdamensis...

(perianth), in the corolla of some flowering plants Corona, anterior lobes of a rotifer Corona of glans penis Corona ciliaris, a part of the human eye Corona theorem...

genus name in descriptions of species when only the larval form is known. Rotifers (Rotaria rotatoria) produce a chemical, Schistosome Paralysis Factor, suppressing...

Asplanchna is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Asplanchnidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Asplanchna brightwellii Gosse...

example, freshwater microfauna in Australia include rotifers, ostracods, copepods, and cladocerans. Rotifers are filter feeders that are usually found in fresh...

Keratella cochlearis is a rotifer. The planktonic animal occurs worldwide in freshwater and marine habitats. Keratella cochlearis has an oval lorica,...

The following is a list of the classes in each phylum of the kingdom Animalia. There are 107 classes of animals in 33 phyla in this list. However, different...

Brachionus calyciflorus is a planktonic rotifer species occurring in freshwater. It is commonly used as a model organism in toxicology, ecology and evolutionary...

historian Epiphanes (gnostic), legendary Gnostic writer Epiphanes (rotifer), a genus of rotifer in the order Ploima. Hypermastus epiphanes, a sea snail in the...

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vegetation. It has at least 9 mammalian, 154 bird, 35 fish, 9 arthropod, 11 rotifer and 10 protozoan species. This important ecological zone is located in...

microscopic mites such as Alaskozetes antarcticus, lice, nematodes, tardigrades, rotifers, krill and springtails. The few terrestrial invertebrates are limited to...

Euchlanis is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae. Sometimes alternatively referred to as wheel animalcules, rotifers feature a characteristic...