Rotifer found
in these habitats is usually the bdelloid type, which moves somewhat like a leech.
The image of the
bdelloid rotifer
was exposed using electronic flash.
The image right
shows a rotifer, a microscopic organism that can be found in a bird-bath or roof gutter.
There are
marine rotifers, but the vast majority occur in fresh water.
Female rotifer
trapped by the fungus the rotifer is being viewed from ' above ' and her tail is pointing into the screen.
The species shown is carrying live young, although
most rotifers
release eggs.
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