Rotifera Animalia Flora and Fauna
Rotifera Animalia Flora and Fauna
The phylum Rotifera comprises about 1800 species. Al the members are aquatic and are less than 1 millimetre in length. They are strange-looking organisms with lobes, bulges and cilia.
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Rotifera in Bromeliad Phytotelmata - List and description of rotifers associated with bromeliads in Jamaica.
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Rotifers and how to find them - Roy Winsby's article from Micscape Magazine.
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Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Brachionus - Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
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Jaws - Article by Ken Jones and Maurice Smith on the feeding mechanisms of various rotifers, and of the pleasure of observing these and other organisms under the microscope.
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Conochilus - Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of this colonial rotifer.
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Welcome to the Wonderfully Weird World of Rotifers - Article by Richard L. Howey introducing these organisms with a gallery of fine images.
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Introduction to the Rotifera - Photographs and a brief discussion about rotifers, with additional information about bdelloid rotifers.
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Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Limnias - Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
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Rotifers - Stunning photographs and descriptions of rotifers by Wim van Egmond.
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The Rotifer Jaw: Brachionus - Photographic article on the constituent parts of the jaws of this species.
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Rotifer Systematic Database - Rotifer taxonomy, anatomy, reproduction and behavior.
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Meselson Laboratory Rotifer Research - Current research and information on their studies of bdelloid rotifers and the mechanisms maintaining recombination in evolution.
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Bdelloidea - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics and anatomy of this moss rotifer.
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Digital Video Gallery: Pond Life - Includes multiple videos of 10 genera of Rotifera, along with many species of Protozoans, Algae, and other organisms.
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Keratella Rotifers - Photographs, bibliographic information and technical details about genus Keratella.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Photographs of a rotifer and her eggs being predated by protozoa.
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Trehalose and Suspended Animation - Article by Hugo Baillie-Johnson on a mechanism adopted by some creatures to enable them to withstand severe conditions such as dessication, with a series of illustratory images.
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Floscularia - Photographic study by Martin Mach of this tube-dwelling rotifer
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Life in a Drop of Water - Article by Mike Morgan in Micscape magazine on rotifers, with several photographs of British specimens.
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The Fascinating World of Rotifers - Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these creatures with many photographs, some of them animated.
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Rotifer Culture - Production and application of rotifers in aquaculture.
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Philodina - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, external and internal anatomy of this freshwater rotifer.
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Rotifera - Lots of great rotifer pictures and references.
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Video Gallery: A Rotifer Sequence - Photographic study by Dave Walker of the fascinating Collotheca specimen he found when looking for something else.
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Minor Invertebrate Phyla - Phylum Rotifera - This is a brief introduction to the rotifers, with two beautiful pictures, from the Biological Sciences at the University of Paisley.
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Observing a Rotifer Birth - A lucky amateur microscopist captured the birth of a rotifer on film!
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An Interactive Rotifer - Information on the sessile rotifer Collotheca with an interesting mouse-over image.
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