Helm’s Pond Life
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Rotifers (multicellular) Further details: |
Name (phylum): Rotifers Size : Wide range amongst species Where to find them : Some species are planktonic,
others are attached to plants, other organisms, stones or creeping on plants,
mud surface etc. Notes : A particularly fascinating group for the pond
dipper with a microscope. Older books call them wheel animalcules. The head
has a crown of cilia (the 'wheel organ'), which in some species looks as if
it is rotating like a wheel, hence their common name. Rotifer species show a wonderful variety of forms. Some
move and contract like a leech (e.g. Philodina far left), others
build 'houses'. Classification : |