Rotifers have bilateral symmetry and a variety of different shapes. The body of a rotifer is divided into a head, trunk, and foot, and is typically somewhat cylindrical. The trunk contains visceral organs, and …

Aug 27, 2024 · There are over 2,000 known species of rotifers, classified into three classes: Monogononta, Bdelloidea, and Seisonidea. While most are free-swimming and planktonic, some are …

Rotifer, any of the approximately 2,000 species of microscopic, aquatic invertebrates that constitute the phylum Rotifera. Rotifers are so named because the circular arrangement of moving cilia (tiny …

Rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals of the phylum Rotifera. Rotifers can be found in many freshwater environments and in moist soil, where they inhabit the thin films of water that are formed …

The rotifers are a microscopic (about 100 µm to 30 mm) group of mostly aquatic organisms that get their name from the corona, a rotating, wheel-like structure that is covered with cilia at their anterior end …

Jul 26, 2025 · Rotifers are minuscule aquatic invertebrates often called “wheel animalcules” due to the crown of cilia around their mouths, which appears to spin like a wheel under a microscope.

Rotifers comprise a phylum, Rotifera, of microscopic and near-microscopic, multicellular aquatic animals.

Rotifers are filter feeders that generate a current using the corona to pass food into the mouth, which then passes by digestive and salivary glands into the stomach and intestines.

Also referred to as "wheel animals/wheel-bearer", Rotifers are tiny, free-living, planktonic pseudocoelomates that make up the phylum Rotifera. While certain species can survive a given …

Oct 5, 2023 · Rotifers, also known as wheel animals, are microscopic aquatic animals belonging to the phylum Rotifera. They get their name from the ciliated crowns located on their head, a characteristic …