ROTIFERA Cuvier, 1817
(rotifers)

Interactions where ROTIFERA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitoid host of Foreign Rotiferophthora a genus of rotifer parasitic ascomycetes Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae Endoparasites of soil nematodes and rotifers 1: the common and the rare, Glockling, S.L. & Holbrook, G.P., 2003
Fungi which attack rotifers, Glockling, S.L., 1996
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Rotiferophthora/Rotiferophthoraa genus of rotifer parasitic ascomycetes Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Rotifera/Rotiferarotifers is endoparasitoid of
egg is parasitised by UK/Ireland Olpidium gregarium a chytrid Olpidiales: Olpidiaceae Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Olpidiales/Olpidiaceae/Olpidium gregarium/Olpidium gregariuma chytrid Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Rotifera/Rotiferarotifersegg parasitises egg
egg is parasitoid host of Rhizophydium gibbosum a chytrid Rhizophydiales: Rhizophydiaceae Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmids, Canter, H.M., 1961
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium gibbosum/Rhizophydium gibbosuma chytrid Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Rotifera/Rotiferarotifersegg is parasitoid of egg
is parasitised by UK/IrelandQuestionable Rhizophydium globosum a chytrid Rhizophydiales: Rhizophydiaceae Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Rhizophydiales/Rhizophydiaceae/Rhizophydium globosum/Rhizophydium globosuma chytrid Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Rotifera/Rotiferarotifers? parasitises
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Zoophagus insidians a zygomycete Zoopagales: Zoopagaceae Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Zoopagales/Zoopagaceae/Zoophagus insidians/Zoophagus insidiansa zygomycete Animal / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Rotifera/Rotiferarotifers parasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Canter, H.M., 1953Annotated list of British Aquatic ChytridsTBMS Vol 36 (4): 278-301.
Canter, H.M., 1961Studies on British Chytrids XVII: Species occurring on planktonic desmidsTBMS Vol 44 (2): 163-176.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Glockling, S.L. & Holbrook, G.P., 2003Endoparasites of soil nematodes and rotifers 1: the common and the rareMycologist Vol 17 (4): 150-154.
Glockling, S.L., 1996Fungi which attack rotifersMycologist Vol 10 (1): 29-30.

ROTIFERA (rotifers) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
EUROTATORIA
a class of rotifers
Class 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
PLOIMA
an order of rotifers
Order 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
NOTOMMATIDAE
a family of rotifers
Family 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumROTIFERA (rotifers)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ROTIFERA (rotifers)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 1: Radiolaria, Heliozoa, Foraminifera, Ciliophora, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Rotifera and Mollusca Occasional Publications, No. 25, 138pp, Marine Biological Association
Donner, J. 1966 Rotifers 80pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
() Hingley, M. 1993 Microscopic Life in Sphagnum Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 20, 64pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Hudson, C.T. & Gosse, P.H. 1889 *** The Rotifera or Wheel-animalcules both British and Foreign ***(Superseded) 2 volumes+supp, 128+144+?pp, Longman
Pontin, R.M. 1978 Key to the British Freshwater Planktonic Rotifera FBA Scientific Publication, No. 38, 178pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Freshwater

Visser, H. & Veldhuijzen van Zanten, H.H. European Limnofauna wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/limno.php

ROTIFERA (rotifers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smet, W.H. De 1998 Preparation of Rotifer Trophi for light and scanning electron microscopy Hydrobiologia 387/388: 117-121.

Pathology

Morikawa 1993 Fungal predators of rotifers-a comparative study of Zoophagus, Lecophagus and Cephaliophora Mycol. Res. Vol 97 (04): 421-428.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ROTIFERA (rotifers):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 94 images of ROTIFERA (rotifers)

Accurate identification of many rotifers is based on the structure of the mastax (trophi). This must be cleaned and prepared for microscopy, eg by Smet’s hypochlorite method. Scanning electron microscopy is required for critical work.

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