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Story: Life in fresh water

Rotifer

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Rotifer

This rotifer was found in beds of fresh water algae growing in a Canterbury waterway. Rotifers are a type of freshwater zooplankton. They are so small that they are carried easily between waterways on the feet of waterfowl.

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Roger Young, Life in fresh water – Invertebrates, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/11634/rotifer (accessed 21 June 2026).

Story by Roger Young, published 1 March 2009.