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Rotifers

Tiny multicellular animals with a ciliated “wheel organ” at their head, rotifers are energetic swimmers and filter‑feeders that thrive in freshwater films, sediments, and plant debris.

Genus Cephalodella

Notes:

• Size: length 100µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on April 23, 2021

Genus Lepadella

Notes:

• Size: length 85µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected November 1, 2020

Genus Lepadella

Notes:

• Size: length 125µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on August 28, 2021

Genus Lindia

Notes:

• Size: length 350µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021

Notholca acuminata

Notes:

• Size: length 170µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021

Genus Notommata

Notes:

• Size: length 270µ – width 70µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on March 30, 2021

Genus Plationus

Notes:

• Size: length 200µ – width 125µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Sample collected on August 27, 2021

Genus Rotaria

Notes:

• Size: length >300µ – width 50µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on January 24, 2021

Genus Rotaria

Notes:

• Size: length >500µ – width >80µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected January 20, 2021

Genus Squatinella

Notes:

• Size: length 280µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on August 28, 2021

Genus Trichocerca

Notes:

• Size: length 300µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on March 30, 2021

Testudinella patina

Notes:

• Size: diameter 200µ
• Habitat: TTP Cell 1
• Comments: Collected on March 30, 2021