Rotifera

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin rota (“wheel”) +‎ -fera (“bearing”).

Proper noun

Rotifera

The rotifers, traditionally known informally as wheel animalcules because of their partly circular mouthparts fringed with continuously whirling cilia
1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.

Hypernyms

(phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum

Hyponyms

(phylum): Eurotatoria, Pararotatoria - classes

References

Rotifera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rotifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rotifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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