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telotroch Zool.|ˈtɛləʊtrɒk| [f. Gr. τέλος end (telo-1) + τροχός wheel. Cf. mod.L. Telotrocha neut. pl., as name for larvæ having this structure.] A zone of cilia circling either, or each, end of the preoral (and perianal) segments of a free-swimming polychætous annelid larva. b. A larva of this kind. Hence teˈlotrochal, teˈlotrochous adjs., possessing a telotroch or telotrochs; of the nature of a telotroch.
1877E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sc. Oct. 426 The telotroch appears to be a metameric repetition of the architroch, or of its branchiotrochal moiety. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. 186 This larva exactly resembles those forms of polychætous Annelidan larvæ which are called Telotrocha. Ibid. 192 The free Rotifers present marked resemblances to the telotrochous larvæ of Annelids. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 137 By these the larvæ of the Chætopoda are divided into mesotrochal, telotrochal, and polytrochal forms. |