The phylum Rotifera comprises about 1800 species. Al the members are aquatic and are less than 1 millimetre in length. They are strange-looking organisms with lobes, bulges and cilia.
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- Observing a Rotifer Birth A lucky amateur microscopist captured the birth of a rotifer on film!
- Rotifera Lots of great rotifer pictures and references.
- Rotifers and How to Find Them Roy Winsby's article from Micscape Magazine.
- 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.
- The Rotifer Jaw: Brachionus Photographic article on the constituent parts of the jaws of this species.
- Life in a Drop of Water Article by Mike Morgan in Micscape magazine on rotifers, with several photographs of British specimens.
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Photographs of a rotifer and her eggs being predated by protozoa.
- Keratella Rotifers Photographs, bibliographic information and technical details about genus Keratella.
- Digital Video Gallery: Pond Life Includes multiple videos of 10 genera of Rotifera, along with many species of Protozoans, Algae, and other organisms.
- Rotifers Stunning photographs and descriptions of rotifers by Wim van Egmond.
- Floscularia Photographic study by Martin Mach of this tube-dwelling rotifer
- Conochilus Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of this colonial rotifer.
- An Interactive Rotifer Information on the sessile rotifer Collotheca with an interesting mouse-over image.
- Video Gallery: A Rotifer Sequence Photographic study by Dave Walker of the fascinating Collotheca specimen he found when looking for something else.
- 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.
- The Fascinating World of Rotifers Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these creatures with many photographs, some of them animated.
- Welcome to the Wonderfully Weird World of Rotifers Article by Richard L. Howey introducing these organisms with a gallery of fine images.
- Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Limnias Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
- Microbe Movie Stars: The Rotifer Brachionus Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
- Rotifera in Bromeliad Phytotelmata List and description of rotifers associated with bromeliads in Jamaica.
- Fresh Water Rotifers Provides an introduction to rotifers with photomicrographs of bdelloid rotifers.
- Collotheca Photographs and information on this genus of freshwater rotifers.
- Rotifers: The Wheel Animalcules Introduction to this phylum from UCMP Berkeley.
- Rotifera Photographs and references from the Tree of Life Web Project.