Definition of Rotifer. Meaning of Rotifer. Synonyms of Rotifer

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Definition of Rotifer

Rotifer
Rotifer Ro"ti*fer (?; 277), n. [NL. see Rotifera.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.

Meaning of Rotifer from wikipedia

- 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')...
- Epiphanes is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Epiphanidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. Epiphanes includes the following...
- Pompholyx is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Testudinellidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Australia. Species: Pompholyx...
- 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...
- Polyarthra is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Synchaetidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Polyarthra bicerca Wulfert...
- Parthenogenesis occurs in the wild in many invertebrates (e.g. water fleas, rotifers, aphids, stick insects, some ants, bees and parasitic wasps) and vertebrates...
- 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"...
- Clariaidae is a family of rotifers belonging to the order Ploima. One genus with one species: Claria Kutikova, Markevich & Spiridonov, 1990 Claria segmentata...
- (tolerate a wide range of salinity) rotifer in the family Brachionidae, and is possibly the only commercially important rotifer, being raised in the aquaculture...