Rotifer

Rotifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Superphylum:	Platyzoa
Phylum:	Rotifera; Cuvier, 1798
Classes
	Monogononta, Bdelloidea, Seisonidea

The rotifers are a phylum of tiny animals which are common in freshwater environments, such as ponds and puddles.^[1] Some rotifers are free swimming, others move by inching along, and some are fixed.^[2] A few species live in colonies.^[3]^[4]

↑ There are a few saltwater species.
↑ They live inside tubes or gelatinous holdfasts that are attached to a substrate
↑ Clément P. and Wurdak E. 1991. Rotifera. In: Harrison F.W. and E.E. Ruppert eds. Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates vol 4. pages 219-297. Wiley-Liss, New York.
↑ Nogrady, Thomas, Wallace R.L. & Snell T.W. 1993. Rotifera, vol. 1: biology, ecology and systematics. The Hague: SPB Academic Publishing.

[1] There are a few saltwater species.

[2] They live inside tubes or gelatinous holdfasts that are attached to a substrate

[3] Clément P. and Wurdak E. 1991. Rotifera. In: Harrison F.W. and E.E. Ruppert eds. Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates vol 4. pages 219-297. Wiley-Liss, New York.

[4] Nogrady, Thomas, Wallace R.L. & Snell T.W. 1993. Rotifera, vol. 1: biology, ecology and systematics. The Hague: SPB Academic Publishing.

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