Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa

Rotifera

Rank: Phylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Phylum group names

Rotatoria subjective synonym

Children

Eurotatoria De Ridder, 1957
Pararotatoria Sudzuki, 1964

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: raderdieren
 English: rotifers; rotifers; wheel animals sources: Charles Hussey
 Swedish: hjuldjur

Literature

basis of record

Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.

additional source

Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1982). Five Kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. Second edition. Freeman.

additional source

Jersabek, C. D.; Leitner, M. F. (2013). The Rotifer World Catalog. World Wide Web electronic publication.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Rotifera. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=14260

Taxonomic Coordinator. Rotifera. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7b6f75e7-8a13-433c-aca4-2ec935a57181

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:14260
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:12167

Last modified

2019-11-26 by Taxonomic Coordinator & by Christian D. Jersabek

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