telotroch

{{Short description|Order of single-celled organisms}}

Telotroch is the free-swimming stage of members of the order Sessilida. Sessilida are ciliates of the subclass Peritrichia.

A sessile individual can turn into a motile one to migrate to a better place.[http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjan02/telotroch.html 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 larva and hemichordates for references.