Bikont

Bikonts; Temporal range: Mesoproterozoic – present Pha. Proterozoic Archean Had.
	A radiolarian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Bikonta; Cavalier-Smith, 1993
Subgroups
	Diaphoretickes; Excavata; Hemimastigophora;
Synonyms
	Biciliata Cavalier-Smith, 1993; Diaphoretickes Adl et al., 2012; Diphoda Derelle et al., 2015;

A bikont ("two flagella") is any of the eukaryotic organisms classified in the group Bikonta. Many single-celled and multi-celled organisms are members of the group, and these, as well as the presumed ancestor, have two flagella.^[1]

^ Burki F, Pawlowski J (October 2006). "Monophyly of Rhizaria and multigene phylogeny of unicellular bikonts". Mol. Biol. Evol. 23 (10): 1922–30. doi:10.1093/molbev/msl055. PMID 16829542.

[pmid16829542-1] Burki F, Pawlowski J (October 2006). "Monophyly of Rhizaria and multigene phylogeny of unicellular bikonts". Mol. Biol. Evol. 23 (10): 1922–30. doi:10.1093/molbev/msl055. PMID 16829542.

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