Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Rotifer
| Rotifera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Subkingdom: | |
| Superphylum: | |
| Phylum: | Rotifera Cuvier, 1798
|
| Classes | |
|
Monogononta, Bdelloidea, Seisonidea | |
The rotifers are a phylum of tiny animals which are common in freshwater environments, such as ponds and puddles.[1] Some rotifers are free swimming, others move by inching along, and some are fixed.[2] A few species live in colonies.[3][4]
- ↑ There are a few saltwater species.
- ↑ They live inside tubes or gelatinous holdfasts that are attached to a substrate
- ↑ Clément P. and Wurdak E. 1991. Rotifera. In: Harrison F.W. and E.E. Ruppert eds. Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates vol 4. pages 219-297. Wiley-Liss, New York.
- ↑ Nogrady, Thomas, Wallace R.L. & Snell T.W. 1993. Rotifera, vol. 1: biology, ecology and systematics. The Hague: SPB Academic Publishing.
Previous Page Next Page
