telotrochn.
/ˈtɛləʊtrɒk/ Zoology.
1. A zone of cilia circling either, or each, end of the preoral (and perianal) segments of a free-swimming polychætous annelid larva.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > member of > larval form
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trochophore1892
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > member of > zone of cilia
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1877 E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Oct. 426 The telotroch appears to be a metameric repetition of the architroch, or of its branchiotrochal moiety.
2. A larva of this kind.
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1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals 186 This larva exactly resembles those forms of polychætous Annelidan larvæ which are called Telotrocha.
Derivatives
teˈlotrochal adj.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [adjective] > belonging to class Chaetopoda > belonging to order Polychaeta > having zone of cilia
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telotrochal1878
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 137 By these the larvæ of the Chætopoda are divided into mesotrochal, telotrochal, and polytrochal forms.
teˈlotrochous adj. possessing a telotroch or telotrochs; of the nature of a telotroch.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [adjective] > belonging to class Chaetopoda > belonging to order Polychaeta > having zone of cilia
telotrochous1877
telotrochal1878
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals 192 The free Rotifers present marked resemblances to the telotrochous larvæ of Annelids.
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