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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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Observing a Rotifer Birth - A lucky amateur microscopist captured the birth of a rotifer on film! Rotifera - Lots of great rotifer pictures and references. Rotifers and How to Find Them - Roy Winsby's article from Micscape Magazine. 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. The Rotifer Jaw: Brachionus - Photographic article on the constituent parts of the jaws of this species. Life in a Drop of Water - Article by Mike Morgan in Micscape magazine on rotifers, with several photographs of British specimens. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Photographs of a rotifer and her eggs being predated by protozoa. Keratella Rotifers - Photographs, bibliographic information and technical details about genus Keratella. Digital Video Gallery: Pond Life - Includes multiple videos of 10 genera of Rotifera, along with many species of Protozoans, Algae, and other organisms. Rotifers - Stunning photographs and descriptions of rotifers by Wim van Egmond. Floscularia - Photographic study by Martin Mach of this tube-dwelling rotifer Conochilus - Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of this colonial rotifer. An Interactive Rotifer - Information on the sessile rotifer Collotheca with an interesting mouse-over image. Video Gallery: A Rotifer Sequence - Photographic study by Dave Walker of the fascinating Collotheca specimen he found when looking for something else. 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. The Fascinating World of Rotifers - Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these creatures with many photographs, some of them animated. Welcome to the Wonderfully Weird World of Rotifers - Article by Richard L. Howey introducing these organisms with a gallery of fine images. Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Limnias - Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen. Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Brachionus - Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen. Rotifera in Bromeliad Phytotelmata - List and description of rotifers associated with bromeliads in Jamaica. Fresh Water Rotifers - Provides an introduction to rotifers with photomicrographs of bdelloid rotifers. Collotheca - Photographs and information on this genus of freshwater rotifers. Rotifers: The Wheel Animalcules - Introduction to this phylum from UCMP Berkeley. Rotifera - Photographs and references from the Tree of Life Web Project.
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