The rotifers (/ ˈroʊtɪfərz /, from Latin rota 'wheel' and -fer 'bearing'), sometimes called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, [1] make up a phylum (Rotifera / roʊˈtɪfərə /) of microscopic and …

Although rotifers typically only live in freshwater environments, bdelloidea tend to live in brackish and even marine environments. They’re extremely resilient, even being able to survive …

Philodina is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Philodinidae. [1] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [1] Species: [1] Philodina acuticornis Murray, 1902 Philodina alata …

Three Philodina gregaria rotifers browse in a field of clumped organic matter. They are native to the Antarctic, and apart from the unusual bright red colouring of their bodies, are …

Philodina roseola is otherwise known as the common rotifer. Rotifers are microscopic, aquatic animals that inhabit both still and flowing freshwater environments. They inhabit the thin films …

Philodina is a more or less typical rotifer although its mastax does not exhibit the ancestral plan. It is exceedingly abundant and has been called the world's most common metazoan (Hyman, …

Philodina belongs to the class Bdelloidea (from the Greek for leech), rotifers that have two ovaries. This type of rotifer moves in two modes. Fully extended it moves like a leech or …

Rotifer, probably the bdelloid Philodina. The rotifers are a phylum of tiny animals which are common in freshwater environments, such as ponds and puddles. [1] Some rotifers are free …

Bdelloidea / ˈdɛlɔɪdiə / (from Greek βδέλλα, bdella 'leech') is a class of rotifers found in freshwater habitats all over the world. There are over 450 described species of bdelloid rotifers (or …

Philodina belongs to the class Bdelloidea (from the Greek for leech), rotifers that have two ovaries. This type of rotifer moves in two modes. Fully extended it moves like a leech or …