- of
rotifers have been
suggested in
Devonian and
Permian fossil beds. Rev. John
Harris first described the
rotifers (in
particular a
bdelloid rotifer) in...
- "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')...
-
Polyarthra is a
genus of
rotifers belonging to the
family Synchaetidae. The
genus has
almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species:
Polyarthra bicerca Wulfert...
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Pompholyx is a
genus of
rotifers belonging to the
family Testudinellidae. The
species of this
genus are
found in
Europe and Australia. Species: Pompholyx...
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Epiphanes is a
genus of
rotifers belonging to the
family Epiphanidae. The
genus has an
almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Epiphanes includes the following...
-
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...
- to
rotifers,
suggesting that they may be
sister taxa. However,
based on
molecular data,
micrognathozoans may be more
closely related to
rotifers than...
- the
protozoa are
subsequently consumed by
rotifers and cladocera.
Purifying bacteria, protozoa, and
rotifers must
either be
mixed throughout the water...
-
Parthenogenesis occurs in the wild in many
invertebrates (e.g.
water fleas,
rotifers, aphids,
stick insects, some ants, bees and
parasitic wasps) and vertebrates...
- Platytrochozoa,
which has a
sister group, the Gnathifera,
which includes the
rotifers. The
Lophotrochozoa includes the molluscs, annelids, brachiopods, nemerteans...
