Telotroch

 ( Oligohymenophorea ) 

Telotroch is the free-swimming stage of members of the order Sessilida. Sessilida are 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 larva and hemichordates for references.