Useful links
Rotifer Specimen Collections:
- Illustrated specimen catalog. Search the Frank J. Myers specimen collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia: http://rotifer.ansp.org/rotifer.php
- The Frank J. Myers specimen collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University on CD-ROM
- Invertebrate zoology collections at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.: http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/
Rotifer Checklists, Catalogs:
- Rotifera in the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL): http://eol.org/pages/6851/overview
- Rotifers included in 'The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)': http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368537
- Australian faunal directory, Phylum Rotifera: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/ROTIFERA
- Fauna Europaea - Eurotatoria: http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=12172
- Catalog of freshwater rotifers from North-West Russia: http://www.zin.ru/books/rotcatalog/catalog_e.asp
- An annotated checklist of the Rotifera - online version of Segers' (2007) Zootaxa list, with browsing and searching functions: http://fada.biodiversity.be/group/show/4
Image Galleries:
- Rotifer image galleries by Michael Plewka: http://www.plingfactory.de/index.html
- Rotifer image gallery Ralf Wagner: http://www.dr-ralf-wagner.de/ (good photographs, but with some misidentifications!)
- The Rotifera SEM-trophi website by Diego Fontaneto & Giulio Melone (previously hosted by University of Milan): http://www.rotifera.hausdernatur.at/Rotifer_data/trophi/
Nomenclature:
- List of Available Names in Zoology, part Rotifera, A) Species: Species LAN, B) Genera: Genus LAN
- The Code online:https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-international-code-of-zoological-nomenclature/the-code-online/
- Registry of Zoological Nomenclature:http://zoobank.org/
- Search genus names in the 'Nomenclator Zoologicus' (1758 – 2004):http://www.ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/
Literature:
- Open Access Biodiversity Literature from the BHL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Opportunities:
- The Gallagher Fellowship, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: http://www.ansp.org/research/fellowships-endowments/gallagher/
Communication:
- Rotifer-family email list server at the University of Oldenburg: postings can be made via email to rotifer-family@Listserv.uni-oldenburg.de (to subscribe to the list, send an email with subject "subscribe rotifer-family" to majordomo@listserv.uni-oldenburg.de)
If you know of any other rotiferrific links, we'll be happy to add them here!