Rotifera

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin rota (“wheel”) +‎ -fer (“bearing”). === Proper noun === Rotifera The rotifers, traditionally known informally as wheel animalcules because of their partly circular mouthparts fringed with continuously whirling cilia A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia. 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 Category:Rotifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Rotifera at the Tree of Life Web Project 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI