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chonotrich, any small, vase-shaped, sessile (i.e., attached at the base) member of the protozoan order Chonotrichida. Usually marine, they belong to subclass Holotrichia. As adults, chonotrichs have no cilia (minute hairlike projections) for independent locomotion. Instead, they attach themselves to aquatic arthropods either directly or by means of short, noncontractile stalks. Chonotrichs produce swimming larvae by asexual budding; in some forms, where conjugation occurs, there is complete fusion of the conjugants. Spirochona, with a winding, funnel-shaped collar, is a common genus. Stylochona, Trichochona, and Chilodochona are also chonotrich genera.