Bdelloidea
- Habrotrochidae
- Habrotrocha
- Otostephanos
- Scepanotrocha
- Philodinavidae
- Abrochtha
- Henoceros
- Philodinavus
- Philodinidae
- Anomopus
- Ceratotrocha
- Didymodactylus
- Dissotrocha
- Embata
- Macrotrachela
- Mniobia
- Philodina
- Pleuretra
- Rotaria
- Zelinkiella
- Adinetidae
- Adineta
- Bradyscela
References
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Information on the Internet
- Eighty million years without sex. BBC News
- Bdelloids: No sex for over 40 million years. Science News
- The Weird Sisters. The Wild Side, Olivia Judson.
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