What are rotifers?

Rotifers are microscopic animals in phylum Rotifera , which includes more than two thousand species. These small animals are unique because they show incredible complexity compared to similar size organisms. You can find them in the aquatic environment around the world and live a wide range of lifestyle. If you have a microscope, you can probably see some rotifers for yourself by taking a sample of water from the neighboring stream or pond; You will also probably find some other microscopic organisms that float around. When cilia moves, they create a stream that sucks food for a rotifer and helps him navigate. Depending on the type of rotifer, the body may have one or more end tail or legs. Soon Rotifer observers in the 17th century referred to animals as "wheels animal" in aod command of coron.

Many Rotifer is transparent, allowing people to see their innerstructure. Organisms have simple brains and full digestive tracts surrounded by a shell that may vary in shape, size and hardness. These very small animals can live alone or in groups, as idle organisms or as parasitic, and in various environments of fresh and salty waters. This incredible diversity has probably made it possible to survive for millions of years, although it is difficult to find them in a fossil record due to their small size and soft body structures.

Some common Rotify types include sessile, planktonic, bdelloid and loricate rotifers. Substacle Rotify is attached to different aquatic plants, while planktonic rotify are freely floating, such as plankton to which they are compared. Loricate Rotifers have hardly firm shells, while Bdelloid Rotifers have soft and found on ponds and in humid environments such as moss and swamps beds. As one can imagine, some Rotify are able to survive in very Intensive conditions that would kill other organisms; Some are able to remain in a state of suspension in extreme cold or dryness, for example.

These diverse creatures are reproduced in different ways. Some eggs, while others are reproduced through parthogenesis, which means they produce eggs asexually. The offspring are usually accurate clones of their parents, although some rotifers are able to asexually produce simple descendants of men that can connect with women, resulting in a fertilized egg that carries water until they break up, contributing to the distribution of the species.