We investigate the ground-state phases and spin textures of spin-orbit-coupled dipolar pseudo-spin-1/2 Bose-Einstein condensates in a rotating two-dimensional toroidal potential.The combined effects of dipole-dipole interaction(DDI),spin-orbit coupling(SOC),rotation,and interatomic interactions on the ground-state structures and topological defects of the system are analyzed systematically.For fixed SOC strength and rotation frequency,we provide a set of phase diagrams as a function of the DDI strength and the ratio between inter-and intra-species interactions.The system can show rich quantum phases including a half-quantum vortex,symmetrical(asymmetrical)phase with quantum droplets(QDs),asym-metrical segregated phase with hidden vortices(ASH phase),annular condensates with giant vortices,triangular(square)vortex lattice with QDs,and criss-cross vortex string lattice,depending on the competition between DDI and contact inter-action.For given DDI strength and rotation frequency,the increase of the SOC strength leads to a structural phase transition from an ASH phase to a tetragonal vortex lattice then to a pentagonal vortex lattice and finally to a vortex necklace,which is also demonstrated by the momentum distributions.Without rotation,the interplay of DDI and SOC may result in the forma-tion of a unique trumpet-shaped Bloch domain wall.In addition,the rotation effect is discussed.Furthermore,the system supports exotic topological excitations,such as a half-skyrmion(meron)string,triangular skyrmion lattice,skyrmion-half-skyrmion lattice,skyrmion-meron cluster,skyrmion-meron layered necklace,skyrmion-giant-skyrmion necklace lattice,and half-skyrmion-half-antiskyrmion necklace.