Tag: Rotifer

  • 144/150: Rotifers – a phylum on their own

    144/150: Rotifers – a phylum on their own

    Animalia: Rotifera: Monogononta: Ploima: Synchaetidae Hudson & Gosse, 1886 Rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals that can be found in a quite diverse range of habitats. Common habitats include both lentic (still water) and lotic (flowing water) waters, and both fresh and salt waters. They are very small (only 0.1-0.5 mm long) soft-bodied invertebrates with hard…