Rotifera Definition

Rotifera Sentence Examples

• This appears to indicate B that the Polyzoa are remotely allied to other phyla in which this type of larva prevails, and in particular to the Mollusca and Chaetopoda, as well as to the Rotifera, which are regarded as persistent Trochospheres.

• The Rotifera are all aquatic, the majority dwelling in fresh water with Protozoa and Protophyta, as well as Entomostracous Crustacea.

• Most remarkable is its resemblance to the adult form of the Wheel animalcules, or Rotifera, which retain the prae-oral ciliated band as their chief organ of locomotion and prehension throughout life.

• As in the Rotifera, it serves the veliger larva as an organ of locomotion.

• In some species of Dinophilus there is pronounced sexual dimorphism (the male being small and without gut) as in the Rotifera.