For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

twista is about 10 micrometers long and moves by using its whip-like flagellum. It is named after its distinguishing ... Ancoracysta is a protist, a group of unicellular, eukaryotic organisms that sit ...

Diplomonads are unicellular eukaryotes that have flagella, most of which are parasitic. Diplomonads used to be considered one of the most primitive eukaryotes and some thought that they might have ...