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Seison
Seison is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Seisonidae.
Brachionus
thumb|Brachionus quadridentatus Brachionus is a genus of planktonic rotifers occurring in freshwater, alkaline and brackish water.
Kellicottia
Kellicottia is a genus of brachionid rotifer.
Asplanchna
Asplanchna is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Asplanchnidae.
Adineta
Adineta is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Adinetidae. Species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America, Australia and southernmost parts of the Southern Hemisphere.
Keratella
Keratella is a genus of Brachionidae.
Cephalodella
thumb|right|Movie of Rotifer, feeding (probably of the genus Cephalodella)
Rotaria
Rotaria is a genus of asexual, microscopic animal known as a bdelloid rotifer. Analysis published in 2007 of morphology and DNA sequence data of species from the genus confirmed that despite their asexual mechanism of reproduction, two fundamental properties of species, independent evolution and ecological divergence by natural selection occurred. This demonstrates that sex is not a necessary condition for speciation.
Lepadella
Lepadella is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Lepadellidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution
Philodina
Philodina is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Philodinidae.
Proales
Proales is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Proalidae.
Pleurotrocha
Pleurotrocha is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Notommatidae.
Macrotrachela
Macrotrachela is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Philodinidae.
Pleuretra
Pleuretra is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Philodinidae.
Eosphora
Eosphora is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Notommatidae.
Gastropus
Gastropus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr), meaning "belly", and πούς (poús), meaning "foot", is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Gastropodidae.
Proalides
Proalides is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Epiphanidae.
Colurella
Colurella is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Lepadellidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Embata
Embata is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Philodinidae.
Habrotrocha
Habrotrocha is a genus of bdelloid rotifers.
Dicranophorus
Dicranophorus is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Dicranophoridae.
Lophocharis
Lophocharis is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Mytilinidae.
Notommata
Notommata is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Notommatidae.
Notholca
Notholca is a genus of rotifers known from Holocene lake deposits as well as the present day.
Lecane
Lecane is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Lecanidae. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Lecanidae and has a cosmopolitan distribution
Bryceella
Bryceella is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Proalidae.
Aspelta
genus of rotifers
Monommata
Monommata is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Notommatidae.
Dipleuchlanis
Dipleuchlanis is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Platyias
Platyias is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Brachionidae.
Wierzejskiella
Wierzejskiella is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Dicranophoridae.
Epiphanes
genus of rotifers
Dissotrocha
Dissotrocha is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Philodinidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Australia and North America.
Ascomorpha
Ascomorpha is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Gastropodidae.
Sinantherina
Sinantherina is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Flosculariidae.
Albertia
Albertia is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Dicranophoridae.
Mytilina
Mytilina is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Mytilinidae.
Resticula
Resticula is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Notommatidae.
Encentrum
Encentrum is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Dicranophoridae.
Lindia
Lindia is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Lindiidae.
Euchlanis
Euchlanis is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Euchlanidae.
Anuraeopsis
Anuraeopsis is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Brachionidae.