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ROTARIA ROTATORIA
Size [µm]	230 - 1100
Characteristics	Two eyes in the proboscis anteriorly to the dorsal feeler. Smooth cuticule, short dorsal feeler. Body gradually runs into foot. Highly abundant.
Habitate	Waters of any kind, in sewage plants.
To see images, please click on thumbnails below.
Images		450 µm. Note that adjacent Paramecia (single cells) are alomst as lagre as the metazoan rotifer.		see above.
	General informations from: H Streble and D Krauter: Das Leben im Wassertropfen. 8th edition, Frankh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1988

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