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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Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of this colonial rotifer.
Includes multiple videos of 10 genera of Rotifera, along with many species of Protozoans, Algae, and other organisms.
Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these creatures with many photographs, some of them animated.
Photographic study by Martin Mach of this tube-dwelling rotifer
Provides an introduction to rotifers with photomicrographs of bdelloid rotifers.
Photographs of a rotifer and her eggs being predated by protozoa.
Information on the sessile rotifer Collotheca with an interesting mouse-over image.
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.
Photographs, bibliographic information and technical details about genus Keratella.
Article by Mike Morgan in Micscape magazine on rotifers, with several photographs of British specimens.
Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
A lucky amateur microscopist captured the birth of a rotifer on film!
Photographic article on the constituent parts of the jaws of this species.
Photographs and references from the Tree of Life Web Project.
Lots of great rotifer pictures and references.
List and description of rotifers associated with bromeliads in Jamaica.
Stunning photographs and descriptions of rotifers by Wim van Egmond.
Roy Winsby's article from Micscape Magazine.
Introduction to this phylum from UCMP Berkeley.
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.
Photographic study by Dave Walker of the fascinating Collotheca specimen he found when looking for something else.
Article by Richard L. Howey introducing these organisms with a gallery of fine images.
Photographs and references from the Tree of Life Web Project.
Introduction to this phylum from UCMP Berkeley.
List and description of rotifers associated with bromeliads in Jamaica.
Provides an introduction to rotifers with photomicrographs of bdelloid rotifers.
Roy Winsby's article from Micscape Magazine.
Photographic study by Martin Mach of this tube-dwelling rotifer
Photographic study by Dave Walker of the fascinating Collotheca specimen he found when looking for something else.
Information on the sessile rotifer Collotheca with an interesting mouse-over image.
Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
Photographic article on the constituent parts of the jaws of this species.
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.
Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.
Article by Richard L. Howey introducing these organisms with a gallery of fine images.
Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these creatures with many photographs, some of them animated.
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.
Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of this colonial rotifer.
Article by Mike Morgan in Micscape magazine on rotifers, with several photographs of British specimens.
Photographs of a rotifer and her eggs being predated by protozoa.
Includes multiple videos of 10 genera of Rotifera, along with many species of Protozoans, Algae, and other organisms.
Stunning photographs and descriptions of rotifers by Wim van Egmond.
Photographs, bibliographic information and technical details about genus Keratella.
A lucky amateur microscopist captured the birth of a rotifer on film!
Lots of great rotifer pictures and references.
