rotifers
1rotifers — n.; n. pl. [L. rota, wheel; fero, bear] A phylum of aquatic pseudocoelomate animals, many with an anterior ciliated corona that looks like a rotating wheel; wheel animalcules …
2Rotifer — Rotifera Temporal range: Eocene–Recent …
3rotifer — rotiferal /roh tif euhr euhl/, rotiferous, adj. /roh teuh feuhr/, n. any microscopic animal of the phylum (or class) Rotifera, found in fresh and salt waters, having one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end. Also called wheel animalcule.… …
4reproductive system, animal — Introduction any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce. The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …
5Modern evolutionary synthesis — Evolutionary theory redirects here. For the sociological theory, see sociobiology. Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …
6Asexual reproduction — in liverworts: a caducous phylloid germinating Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only, it is reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy… …
7Microorganism — Microbe redirects here. For other uses, see Microbe (disambiguation). A cluster of Escherichia coli …
8Bdelloidea — Taxobox name = Bdelloids image caption = Scanning electron micrographs showing morphological variation of bdelloid rotifers and their jaws. regnum = Animalia phylum = Rotifera classis = Bdelloidea classis authority = Hudson, 1884 ordo = Bdelloida …
9Matthew Meselson — Matthew S. Meselson Born 24 May 1930 (1930 05 24) (age 81) Denver, Colorado, USA Citizenship USA …
10Cryptobiosis — For the Doctor Who audio play, see Cryptobiosis (Doctor Who audio). v · dormancy topics …
