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Rotifera

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Rotifera

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Also known as the wheel animals, rotifers

The rotifers (, from Latin 'wheel' and 'bearing'), sometimes called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.

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Rotifera is a phylum within the kingdom Animalia, classified under the parent taxa Platyzoa and Spiralia. Described by Cuvier in 1817, this taxon is an invertebrate group commonly known as rotifers. Its common names also include Raderdiertjes, hjuldyr, and kotačniki. The phylum is accepted in taxonomic records and is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Organisms in this phylum inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. Specimens have been recorded in the United States, South Africa, Chile, and Antarctica. Collections are held by institutions including YPM, USNM, and EARDC. The taxon is referenced by 657 other encyclopedia articles, with 1,544 associated PubMed entries and 398,710 occurrence records.

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Species

Rotifer

Rotifera

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumRotifera
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded398,710

轮形动物门（學名：Rotifera），又稱輪蟲動物門，是动物界的一个门。是主要生活在淡水中的小型动物，约有1800种左右。轮形动物在假体腔动物中是相当繁盛的一类。 身体短圆，有明亮的壳，两侧对称，身体的后端多数有尾状部；前端有一纤毛盘，具有运动功能；纤毛摆动时状如旋转的轮盘，所以得名；咽内具有咀嚼器，无真体腔。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
168
With media
47
Collections
YPM, USNM, EARDC
Recorded in
United States, South Africa, Chile, Antarctica
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Research

1,544 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy and naming
  • Etymology
  • Anatomy
  • Nervous system
  • Retrocerebral organ
  • Retrocerebral organ secretions
  • Digestive system
  • Biology
  • Feeding
  • Reproduction and life cycle
  • Loss of sexual reproduction system
  • Resting eggs
  • Anhydrobiosis
  • Predators
  • Genome size
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

The rotifers (, from Latin 'wheel' and 'bearing'), sometimes called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera ) of microscopic and near-microscopic pseudocoelomate animals.

They were first described by Rev. John Harris in 1696, and other forms were described by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1703. Most rotifers are around long (although their size can range from to over ), and are common in freshwater environments throughout the world with a few saltwater species.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rotifera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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