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what are rotifers? why are they considered animals? are they unicellular or multicellular?

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Rotifers are categorized in animal kingdom as they are multicellular with holozoic nutrition and have sensory and nervous system. But they are microscopic organisms and have a rotating wheel of cilia around mouth for food capture, hence called rotifers.

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