Rotifera: Eurotatoria

Order Bdelloidea (Freshwater Wheel Animals)

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Adinetidae Freshwater Rotifer Adineta ricciae
Habrotrochidae Freshwater Rotifer Habrotrocha elusa
Philodinavidae Freshwater Rotifer Philodinavus paradoxus
Philodinidae Freshwater Rotifer Philodina acuticornis

Order Collothecacea (Rotifers)

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Atrochidae Rotifer Atrochus tentaculatus
Collothecidae Rotifer Collotheca pelagica

Order Flosculariaceae (Rotifers)

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Conochilidae Rotifer Conochilus hippocrepis
Flosculariidae Rotifer Limnias melicerta
Hexarthridae Rotifer Hexarthra mira
Testudinellidae Turtle Rotifer Testudinella patina
Trochosphaeridae Rotifer Filinia longiseta

Order Ploima (Microscopic Rotifers)

FamilyCommon NameSelected Genus and SpeciesImage
Asciaporrectidae Rotifer Asciaporrecta difflugicola
Asplanchnidae Rotifer Asplanchna priodonta
Birgeidae Rotifer Birgea enantia
Brachionidae Rotifer Brachionus plicatilis
Clariaidae Rotifer Claria segmentata
Cotylegaleatidae Rotifer Cotylegaleata perplexa
Dicranophoridae Rotifer Dicranophorus sigmoides
Epiphanidae Rotifer Mikrocodides chlaena
Euchlanidae Rotifer Euchlanis dilatata
Gastropodidae Rotifer Gastropus stylifer
Ituridae Rotifer Itura viridis
Lecanidae Rotifer Lecane quadridentata
Lepadellidae Rotifer Lepadella vandenbrandei
Lindiidae Rotifer Lindia truncata
Microcodidae Rotifer Microcodon clavus
Mytilinidae Rotifer Mytilina bisulcata
Notommatidae Rotifer Notommata allantois
Proalidae Rotifer Proales halophila
Scaridiidae Rotifer Scaridium longicaudum
Synchaetidae Rotifer Synchaeta longipes
Tetrasiphonidae Rotifer Tetrasiphon hydrocora
Trichocercidae Rotifer Trichocerca rattus
Trichotriidae Rotifer Trichotria tetractis

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