Rotifera

See also:

• Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Pseudocoelomates  (2)

Bdelloidea - - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics and anatomy of this moss rotifer.

Conochilus - - Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of this colonial rotifer.

Digital Video Gallery: Pond Life - - Includes multiple videos of 10 genera of Rotifera, along with many species of Protozoans, Algae, and other organisms.

The Fascinating World of Rotifers - - Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these creatures with many photographs, some of them animated.

Floscularia - - Photographic study by Martin Mach of this tube-dwelling rotife.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - - Photographs of a rotifer and her eggs being predated by protozoa.

An Interactive Rotifer - - Information on the sessile rotifer Collotheca with an interesting mouse-over image.

Introduction to the Rotifera - - Photographs and a brief discussion about rotifers, with additional information about bdelloid rotifers.

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.

Keratella Rotifers - - Photographs, bibliographic information and technical details about genus Keratella.

Life in a Drop of Water - - Article by Mike Morgan in Micscape magazine on rotifers, with several photographs of British specimens.

Meselson Laboratory Rotifer Research - - Current research and information on their studies of bdelloid rotifers and the mechanisms maintaining recombination in evolution.

Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Brachionus - - Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.

Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Limnias - - Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.

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.

Observing a Rotifer Birth - - A lucky amateur microscopist captured the birth of a rotifer on film.

Philodina - - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, external and internal anatomy of this freshwater rotifer.

Rotifer Culture - - Production and application of rotifers in aquaculture.

The Rotifer Jaw: Brachionus - - Photographic article on the constituent parts of the jaws of this species.

Rotifer Systematic Database - - Rotifer taxonomy, anatomy, reproduction and behavior.

Rotifera - - Lots of great rotifer pictures and references.

Rotifera in Bromeliad Phytotelmata - - List and description of rotifers associated with bromeliads in Jamaica.

Rotifers - - Stunning photographs and descriptions of rotifers by Wim van Egmond.

Rotifers and how to find them - - Roy Winsby's article from Micscape Magazine.

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.

Video Gallery: A Rotifer Sequence - - Photographic study by Dave Walker of the fascinating Collotheca specimen he found when looking for something else.

Welcome to the Wonderfully Weird World of Rotifers - - Article by Richard L. Howey introducing these organisms with a gallery of fine images.