Science

A lucky amateur microscopist captured the birth of a rotifer on film!

Lots of great rotifer pictures and references.

Roy Winsby's article from Micscape Magazine.

Article by Ken Jones and Maurice Smith on the feeding mechanisms of various rotifers, and of the pleasure of observing these and other organisms under the microscope.

Photographic article on the constituent parts of the jaws of this species.

Article by Mike Morgan in Micscape magazine on rotifers, with several photographs of British specimens.

Photographs of a rotifer and her eggs being predated by protozoa.

Photographs, bibliographic information and technical details about genus Keratella.

Includes multiple videos of 10 genera of Rotifera, along with many species of Protozoans, Algae, and other organisms.

Stunning photographs and descriptions of rotifers by Wim van Egmond.

Photographic study by Martin Mach of this tube-dwelling rotifer

Photographic study by Wim van Egmond of this colonial rotifer.

Information on the sessile rotifer Collotheca with an interesting mouse-over image.

Photographic study by Dave Walker of the fascinating Collotheca specimen he found when looking for something else.

Article by Hugo Baillie-Johnson on a mechanism adopted by some creatures to enable them to withstand severe conditions such as dessication, with a series of illustratory images.

Article by Jean-Marie Cavanihac on these creatures with many photographs, some of them animated.

Article by Richard L. Howey introducing these organisms with a gallery of fine images.

Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.

Animated gif of this small, multicellular organism, with an explanation of the function of the features seen.

List and description of rotifers associated with bromeliads in Jamaica.

Provides an introduction to rotifers with photomicrographs of bdelloid rotifers.

Introduction to this phylum from UCMP Berkeley.

Photographs and references from the Tree of Life Web Project.