Telotroch is the free-swimming stage of members of the order
Sessilida. Sessilida are
ciliate
The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to flagellum, eukaryotic flagella, but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a ...
s of the subclass
Peritrichia.
A sessile individual can turn into a motile one to migrate to a better place.
Rosemarie Arbur, Tale of the telotroch
Micscape Magazine; January 2002
Image:Vorticellaconverts1.ogv, Vorticella reverts to a telotroch note time stop in lower righthand corner.
File:Vorticella.png, Vorticella sp. telotroch
Another definition of telotroch: a posterior tuft of cilia in larvae of some animals. See trochophore
A trochophore () is a type of free-swimming planktonic marine larva with several bands of cilia.
By moving their cilia rapidly, they make a water eddy to control their movement, and to bring their food closer in order to capture it more easily.
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larva and hemichordates for references.
References
Oligohymenophorea
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