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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta
Isolation method
Culture method
Culture collection history
Systematics
Protozoa
Rotifera
Nematoda
Oligochaeta
Identification (Morphology)
Glossary
Glossary of Protozoa
Glossary of Rotifera
Glossary of Oligochaeta
Toxicity test
Chemicals
Test Organisms
Test Microcosms & Mesocosms
Toxicity assessment
Medium composition
Technical terms
Reference
Journal list
Glossary of Rotifera
[A]
alula (ref. ID; 2017)
amphoteric females
antenna
anus
apical (ref. ID; 2017)
apical tooth
apophysis (ref. ID; 2017)
artefact, artifact
asexual parthenogenesis
auricle (ref. ID; 2017)
[B]
basal chamber
bisexual reproduction
bladder
brain
buccal field
buccal tube
bulla
[C]
caeca (ref. ID; 2017)
cardal apophyse
cardate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
cerebral eye
cerebral ganglion (= brain)
cervical (ref. ID; 2017)
chemoreceptive pores
cingulum
circumapical field
claw
cloaca
cold stenothermal species: These species prefer cold water.
corona (= trochal disc, terminal disc)
crystal (ref. ID; 2017)
cyclical parthenogenesis
cyclomorphosis
[D]
distal (ref. ID; 2017)
dorsum
[E]
ecophenotype
ecotype
egg
embryo
esophagus (= oesophagus)
epipharynx (ref. ID; 2017)
epizoonts
eyespot (= eye-spot)
[F]
flame bulb
flame cell
follicular layer
foot gland (= pedal gland)
forcipate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
fulcrate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
fulcrum
fusiform (ref. ID; 2017)
[G]
ganglion
gastric gland
germo-vitellarium
[I]
incudate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
incus
infundibulum
integument
intestine
intramalleus
[L]
larva
[M]
male
male egg
malleate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
malleoramate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
malleus
manubrium
mastax
mastax musculature
maturation
metamorphosis
morphotype
mouth
muscle
[N]
neurobiochemical
[O]
ocellus
oesophagus (= esophagus)
ovary
oviferon
ovovitellarium
ovoviviparity
[P]
palp (ref. ID; 2017)
parasites
parthenogenesis
pedal gland (= foot gland)
penis
pharyngeal apparatus (= trophi)
pharynx
phenotype
pleural rod (ref. ID; 2017)
polymorphism
preuncinal tooth
prostate
protonephridium
protonephridial system
proventriculus
pseudosexual eggs
pseudotrochal cirri
[R]
ramate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
ramus (pl. rami)
ramus lock
RCO (= retrocerebral organ) (ref. ID; 2017)
resting egg
rheocrene (ref. ID; 2017)
rostrum (ref. ID; 2017)
[S]
salivary gland
salivary glands duct
scapus
sensory cirri
sensory organs
septum (ref. ID; 2017)
stenohaline
stenothermal
stomach
stomach gland
subbasal chamber
subcerebral gland
subuncus
sulcus (pl. sulci) (ref. ID; 2017)
supramanubrium
[T]
tail
terminal teeth
testis
toe (pl. toes)
trophi (= pharyngeal apparatus)
trunk
[U]
uncinal apophyses
uncinate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
uncus (pl. unci)
urinary bladder
[V]
vas deferens
virgate trophi (ref. ID; 2015)
vitellarium
[W]
warm stenothermal species: These species prefer warm water.
[Z]
zoochlorella