Chonotrich
{{Short description|Subclass of single-celled organisms}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| display_parents = 6
| taxon = Chonotrichia
| authority = Wallengren, 1895 {{cite web |author=Alan Warren |year=2010 |title=Chonotrichia |work=World Ciliophora Database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22575 |accessdate=January 23, 2011}}
| subdivision_ranks = Orders
| subdivision = Cryptogemmida
}}
Chonotrichia is a subclass of phyllopharyngeid ciliates. These single-celled organisms are sessile at maturity and usually live on crustaceans as ectosymbionts.{{EOL|2909374| Chonotrichia}}