Rotaria

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Genus of rotifers

title: "Rotaria" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bdelloidea", "rotifer-genera"] description: "Genus of rotifers" topic_path: "general/bdelloidea" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotaria" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of rotifers ::

|image = PLoS Rotaria.gif |image_caption = (A) R. neptunia, lateral view; (B) R. macrura, ventral view; (C) R. tardigrada, dorsal view; (D) R. sordida, lateral view; and (E) trophi of R. tardigrada | taxon = Rotaria | authority = Scopoli, 1777 | subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = Rotaria citrina

Rotaria macrura

Rotaria magnacalcarata

Rotaria neptunia

Rotaria neptunoida

Rotaria rotatoria

Rotaria socialis

Rotaria sordida

Rotaria tardigrada

Rotaria sp. CWB-2005 |synonyms =

  • Rotifer vulgaris = Rotaria rotatoria

Rotaria is a genus of asexual, microscopic animal known as a bdelloid rotifer. Analysis published in 2007 of morphology and DNA sequence data of species from the genus confirmed that despite their asexual mechanism of reproduction, two fundamental properties of species, independent evolution and ecological divergence by natural selection occurred. This demonstrates that sex is not a necessary condition for speciation.

References

References

  1. NCBI. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=231623 Rotaria]
  2. 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050087

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