Rotifera

• ref. ID; 3334
  H.J.G. Dartnall & Eric D. Hollowday, "Antarctic Rotifers" British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports No. 100, 1985
  Copyright: British Antarctic Survey(www.antarctica.ac.uk)

• ref. ID; 3114
  Sudzuki Minoru, "New Systematical Approach to the Japanese Planktonic Rotatoria" Hydrobiologia XXIII, 1964
  Copyright: Kluwer Academic Publishers (www.wkap.nl)

Genus list

[A]

[B]

[C]

[D]

[E]

[F]

[G]

[H]

[I]

[K]

[L]

[M]

[N]

[O]

[P]

[R]

[S]

[T]

[V]

[W]

[Z]

Identification key

Bdelloidea

• Corona

  • Reduced or absent:

    Henoceros, Philodinavus

  • Hornlike process:

    Ceratotrocha

  • Specified:

    Scepanotrocha

• Cuticle

  • Coarse:

    Dissotrocha

  • Leathery:

    Pleuretra

• Eyespot

  

  • Two:

    Rotaria

• Toes

  • Two:

    Didymodactylus

  • Three (one dorsal and two terminal):

    Adineta, Habrotrocha, Macrotrachela, Rotaria

  • Four (two dorsal and two terminal):

    Dissotrocha, Embata, Philodina, Philodinavus, Pleuretra

  • Specified (cuplike suckers or disc):

    Mniobia

Monogononta

• Sessile

  Beauchampia, Collotheca, Cupelopagis, Floscularia, Lacinularia, Limnias, Ptygura, Stephanoceros

• Colony

  Conochilus, Conochiloides, Floscularia, Lacinularia, Sinantherina

• Gelatinous tube

  Collotheca, Conochilus, Conochiloides, Lacinularia, Octotrocha, Stephanoceros, Voronkowia

• Tube

  Beauchampia, Floscularia, Limnias, Ptygura

• Lorica

  • Absent:

    

    

    Asplanchna Asplanchnopus, Cyrtonia, Dorria, Drilophaga, Epiphanes, Harringia, Horaella, Itura, Notommata, Rousseletia, Synchaeta Taphrocampa, Trochosphaera, Tylotrocha

  • Rigid:

    • Dorsal and ventral plates

      

      

      

      

      

      Anuraeopsis, Argonotholca, Brachionus Chromogaster, Dipleuchlanis, Euchlanis Kellicottia, Keratella Lecane Lepadella Macrochaetus, Notholca, Platyias, Pseudoeuchlanis, Pompholyx, Squatinella, Testudinella, Tripleuchlanis, Wolga

    • Two lateral plates

      

      Colurella Paracolurella

    • Ventral plate and two lateral plates

      Mytilina

    • A single cylindrical piece

      

      Elosa, Gastropus, Ploesoma, Pseudoploesoma, Trichocerca, Trichotria

    • Lorica constructed differently

      Lophocharis

  • Thin:

    

    Ascomorpha, Ascomorphella, Beauchampiella, Cephalodella Proales, Scaridium

• Corona

  • Lobed

    Beauchampia, Collotheca, Floscularia, Limnias, Octotrocha, Pseudoecistes, Ptygura

  • Heart-shaped

    Lacinularia

• Appendages

  Hexarthra, Polyarthra

• Large dorsal antenna

  Liliferotrocha

• Long spine-like projections

  Bryceella, Filinia, Kellicottia, Macrochaetus, Parafilinia Squatinella, Synchaeta, Tetramastix

• Foot

  

  • Segmented:

    Birgea, Colurella, Cyrtonia, Dorria, Eosphora, Harringia, Itura, Lepadella, Microcodides, Microcodon, Notommata, Paracolurella, Platyias, Pleurotrocha, Proalinopsis, Proales, Tripleuchlanis, Wierzejskiella

  • Annulated:

    Brachionus Gastropus, Ploesoma, Sphyrias, Testudinella, Tylotrocha

  • Ciliated foot end:

    Testudinella, Voronkowia

• Longer toes (longer than trunk)

  Monommata

• Large rostrum

  Aspelta, Dicranophorus, Encentrum

• Eyespot

  • One:

    Cephalodella Cyrtonia, Encentrum, Notommata, Pleurotrocha, Resticula, Rousseletia

  • Two:

    Elosa, Dicranophorus, Pompholyx, Proales, Rhinoglena, Sphyrias, Testudinella

  • Three:

    Eothinia, Itura

• Mastax

  • Aberrant:

    Birgea

  • Cardate:

    Lindia

  • Forcipate:

    Albertia, Aspelta, Dicranophorus, Encentrum, Erignatha, Microcodon, Myersinella, Pedipartia, Streptognatha, Wierzejskiella, Wingrella

  • Incudate:

    

    Asplanchna, Asplanchnopus, Harringia

  • Malleate:

    

    Anuraeopsis, Argonotholca, Beauchampiella, Brachionus, Bryceella, Colurella, Cyrtonia, Dipleuchlanis, Epiphanes, Euchlanis, Kellicottia, Keratella, Lecane, Lepadella, Lophocharis, Macrochaetus, Manfredium, Microcodides, Mytilina, Notholca, Paracolurella, Platyias, Proales, Proalinopsis, Pseudoeuchlanis, Rhinoglena, Squatinella, Trichotria, Tripleuchlanis

  • Malleoramate:

    Beauchampia, Conochilus, Conochiloides, Filinia, Floscularia, Hexarthra, Horaella, Lacinularia, Limnias, Octotrocha, Pompholyx, Pseudoecistes, Ptygura, Sinantherina, Testudinella, Tetramastix, Trochosphaera

  • Ramate:

    

    Abrochtha, Anomopus, Adineta, Bradyscela, Ceratotrocha, Didymodactylus, Dissotrocha, Embata, Habrotrocha, Henoceros, Macrotrachela, Mniobia, Otostephanus, Philodina, Philodinavus, Pleuretra, Rotaria, Scepanotrocha, Zelinkiella

  • Uncinate:

    Acyclus, Atrochus, Collotheca, Cupelopagis, Stephanoceros

  • Virgate:

    Ascomorpha, Ascomorphella, Cephalodella, Chromogaster, Dorria, Drilophaga, Elosa, Enteroplea, Eosphora, Gastropus, Itura, Monommata, Notommata, Pleurotrocha, Ploesoma, Polyarthra, Pseudoploesoma, Resticula, Rousseletia, Scaridium, Sphyrias, Synchaeta, Taphrocampa, Tetrasiphon, Trichocerca, Tylotrocha

• Cyclomorphism

  Kellicottia, Keratella

• Polymorphism

  

  Asplanchna, Brachionus, Filinia, Notholca

• Dimorphism (Male present)

  Asplanchna, Hexarthra, Keratella, Lecane, Notommata, Paradicranophorus, Polyarthra, Pompholyx, Proales, Resticula, Scaridium, Trichocerca

Scientists list

• Dr. Alois Herzig
  Address: Biologische Station Neusiedler See, A-7142 Illmitz, Austria and Ludwig-Brill-Straess 5, D-4570 Quakenbruck, FRG
  ref. ID; 830

• Dr. Andre M. Gillard (retired)
  ref. ID; 2328, 2836

• Dr. Anne Thane-Fenchel (the deceased)
  ref. ID; 1511, 2710

• Dr. Augustus C. Mamaril
  Address: Institute of Biology College of and Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman 1101 Quenzon City, Philippines
  ref. ID; 3180

• Dr. B.K. Sharma
  Address: Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793 022, INDIA
  ref. ID; 688, 696, 1004, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1943, 2704, 3339

• Dr. Barbara Robertson
  Address: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, INPA Caixa Postal 478 69.000 Manaus-Amazonas, Brazil
  ref. ID; 2808, 2809

• Dr. Birger Pejler (the deceased)
  ref. ID; 1450, 2214, 2553, 3017, 3020, 3231, 3257

• Dr. Brit Godske Bjorklund
  Address: Birkelundsbakken 56 N-5231 Paradis, Norway
  ref ID; 3053, 3572, 3573

• Dr. Bruno Berzins (the deceased)
  Caretakers of the heritage from the late Dr. Bruno Berzins: Prof. Wilhelm Graneli
  Address: Department of Limnology, Lund University, Ecology Building Limnology S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
  ref. ID; 2738, 2740, 3019, 3023, 3036, 3237, 3509, 4591, 4592, 4593, 4594, 4595, 4596, 4603, 4604, 4606

• Dr. C.H. Fernando
  Address: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
  ref. ID; 1847, 2598, 2714, 2715, 3086, 3180

• Dr. C. William Birky, Jr.
  Address: Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Biological Sciences West The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
  ref. ID; 766

• Dr. Charles L. Brownell
  Address: Oceanic Institute Center For Applied Aquaculture, Makapuu point/41-202 Kalanianaole HWY, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795, USA
  ref. ID; 822

• Dr. Claude Rougier
  Address: UMR 5556, Hydrobiologie Marine et Continentale, Case 093, Universite Montpellier II, F-34095 Montpellier, France
  ref. ID; 1908

• Dr. Claudia Ricci
  Address: Department Biology, Milan University via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy
  ref. ID; 728, 1951, 2649, 6565

• Dr. Devendra Narth Saksena
  Address: R-2, Jiwaji University Campus, Vidya Vihar, Gwalior - 474 001, India
  ref. ID; 110, 663, 2866, 2867, 2868

• Dr. Eduardo Moises Garcia Roger
  Address: Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva - ICBIBE, Spain
  ref. ID; 6923

• Dr. Eric D. Hollowday
  Address: We do not have the address.
  ref. ID; 1419, 1488, 3334, 3542

• Dr. F.K. Kakkassery
  Address: Research & Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, St. Thomas College, Trichur, Kerala 680 001, India
  ref. ID; 2923

• Dr. George Mulamoottil
  Address: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  ref. ID; 2599, 5936

• Dr. Greta Morling (the deceased)
  ref. ID; 2214

• Dr. H.J.G. Dartnall
  Address: We do not have the address.
  ref. ID; 3334

• Dr. H.K. Harring (-1928)
  ref. ID; 3245

• Dr. Hada Yoshine (1905-1993)
  ref. ID; 3170

• Dr. Hendrik Segers
  Address: Laboratory Animal Ecology, Zoogeography and Nature Conservation, Department M.S.E., University of Ghent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
  ref. ID; 953, 1324, 1831, 1898, 2199, 2418, 2844, 2845, 2897, 2913, 2914, 2915, 2922, 2923, 2936, 2984, 2985, 3004, 3591, 3592, 6565, 6645, 6846

• Dr. Henri J. Dumont
  Address: Laboratory Animal Ecology, Zoogeography and Nature Conservation, Department M.S.E., University of Ghent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
  ref. ID; 953, 1448, 1831, 1833, 2825, 2897, 2912, 2918, 5932

• Dr. Hirayama Kazutsugu (retired)
  ref. ID; 3120

• Dr. John J. Gilbert
  Address: Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA
  ref. ID; 766, 2943, 2989

• Dr. John P. Smol
  Address: Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
  ref. ID; 1499

• Dr. Kuno Thomasson
  Address: UPPSALA UNIVERSITET, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Department of Plant Ecology, Villavagenb 14 SE-752 36 Uppsalla, Sweden
  ref. ID; 2251, 3387

• Dr. La-orsri Sanoamuang
  Address: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
  ref. ID; 1027, 1706, 1709, 1831, 2199

• Dr. Louis Beyens
  Address: University of Antwerpen, Campus Drie Eiken, Department Biology, Polar Ecology, Limnology and Paleobiology, Universiteitsplein 1, BE-2510 Wilrijk, Belgium
  ref. ID; 1832

• Dr. M.V.S.S.S. Dhanapathi
  Address: 2-2-1149/1, 6-5, Tirumala Enclave, New Nallakunta, Hyderabad - 500 044. A.P. India
  ref. ID; 689, 690, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939

• Dr. Margareta Hendelberg (the deceased)
  ref. ID; 2214

• Dr. Nora P. Zankai
  Address: Biological Research Institute, Academy of Sciences, Tihany, Hungary
  ref. ID; 1847

• Dr. Rafael Morales-Baquero
  Address: Depto. Biologia Animal Ecologia Fac. Ciencias. Univ. Granada 18071 Granada, Spain
  ref. ID; 1412, 1449

• Dr. Rama Chengalath
  Address: 1207-3360 Southgate Road, Ottawa, K1V9A6, Ontario, Canada
  ref. ID; 829, 2599, 2600, 2601, 2714, 2715, 3086, 5936

• Dr. Richard S. Stemberger
  Address: Biology Department Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755, USA
  ref. ID; 2773, 7256

• Dr. Robert L. Wallance
  Address: Department of Biology, Ripon College, 300 Seward Street, Post Office Box 248, Ripon Wisconsin 54971, USA
  ref. ID; 1827, 3591

• Dr. Robert W. Pennak
  Address: 2501 E. 104th Ave., Thornton, CO 80233, USA
  ref. ID; 1663

• Dr. Roger Pourriot
  Address: Laboratoire Geologie Appliquee, B 123, Universite Paris 6, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
  ref. ID; 1908

• Dr. Russell J. Shiel
  Address: Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, P.O. Box 921, Albury, N.S.W., 2640, Australia
  ref. ID; 1417, 1706, 1834, 1945, 2758, 2759, 2886, 2892, 3191

• Dr. Sudzuki Minoru
  Address: Biological Laboratory Nippon University, Higashi-arai, Omiya-shi Saitama-ken 330-0825, Japan
  ref. ID; 1978, 2261, 2392, 2417, 2587, 2874, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3083, 3084, 3114, 3534, 3535, 3536, 5007, 5008

• Dr. Thomas Nogrady
  Address: We do not have the address.
  ref. ID; 1499, 1807, 1827, 1850, 2593, 2894

• Dr. Vladimir Sladecek
  Address: VYSOKA SKOLA CHEMICKO-TECHNOLOGICKA Technicka 5, 166 28 Praha 6, Czechoslovakia
  ref. ID; 2656, 2733, 2734, 2860, 3192, 3409, 3505

• Dr. W.T. Edmondson
  Address: University of Washington Dept. of Zoology Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA
  ref. ID; 1923, 2760, 2761, 2762, 2771, 2772, 2939, 3160, 3196, 3259, 3513

• Dr. Walter Koste
  Address: Ludwig-Brill-Str. 5 49610 QuakenbrüEk, Germany
  ref. ID; 680, 830, 1417, 1469, 1834, 1837, 1945, 2715, 2758, 2759, 2808, 2809, 2834, 2886, 2891, 2892, 2919, 2939, 3191, 5358

• Dr. Yamamoto Kokichi (the deceased)
  ref. ID; 2393, 3054, 3055, 3063