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The unikonts include opisthokonts ( animals, fungi, and related forms) and Amoebozoa. By contrast other well-known eukaryotic groups are often referred to as bikonts. Bikonts include Archaeplastida ( plants and relatives), Excavata, Rhizaria, and Chromalveolata.
The International Society of Protistologists, the recognised body for taxonomy of protozoa, recommended in 2012 that the term Unikont be changed to Amorphea because the name "Unikont" is based on a hypothesized synapomorphy that the ISOP authors and other scientists later rejected.
- Amorphea, Adl et al., 2012
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Some research suggests that a unikont (a eukaryotic cell with a single flagellum) was the ancestor of opisthokonts (Animals, Fungi, and related forms) and Amoebozoa, and a bikont was the ancestor of Archaeplastida (Plants and relatives), Excavata, Rhizaria, and Chromalveolata.
- Bikonta, Cavalier-Smith, 1993
Unikonts are one of the five superkingdoms in the classification of eukaryotes. They are part of the taxonomy system of Thomas Cavalier-Smith.[1][2]
Unikota. Unikonts are members of the Unikonta, a taxonomic group proposed by Thomas Cavalier-Smith. It includes amoebozoa and opisthokonts. Clade. The group includes eukaryotic cells with a single flagellum, at least ancestrally.
The mycetozoan groups all fit into the unikont supergroup Amoebozoa, whereas most other slime molds fit into various bikont groups (fonticulids are opisthokonts). Utility in research. The dictyostelids are used as examples of cell communication and differentiation, and may provide insights into how multicellular organisms develop.
