The rotifers (/ˈroʊtɪfərz/, from Latin rota 'wheel' and -fer 'bearing'), sometimes called wheel animals or wheel animalcules, make up a phylum (Rotifera...

'leech') is a class of rotifers found in freshwater habitats all over the world. There are over 450 described species of bdelloid rotifers (or 'bdelloids')...

Polyarthra is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Synchaetidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Polyarthra bicerca Wulfert...

Pompholyx is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Testudinellidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Australia. Species: Pompholyx...

Hyposmocoma rotifer is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian...

Epiphanes is a genus of rotifers belonging to the family Epiphanidae. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. Epiphanes includes the following...

Wolga is a monotypic genus of rotifers belonging to the family Trichotriidae. The only species is Wolga spinifera. The species is found in Europe. "Wolga"...

(tolerate a wide range of salinity) rotifer in the family Brachionidae, and is possibly the only commercially important rotifer, being raised in the aquaculture...

Aspelta is a genus of rotifers within the family Dicranophoridae. Members of this genus can be found in multiple areas throughout the world. Aspelta clydona...

Parthenogenesis occurs in the wild in many invertebrates (e.g. water fleas, rotifers, aphids, stick insects, some ants, bees and parasitic wasps) and vertebrates...