ciliate

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But there is an even more shocking possibility that is being entertained by a growing and diverse cadre of Ph.D.s: animals and ciliates do use the same mechanism.

From Scientific American

A ciliate operates like an animal at the scale of a single huge cell, and the resemblance can be startling.

From Scientific American

Hunter Hines samples microbial mats for organisms such as tardigrades and small ciliates in a freshwater spring.Credit:

From Nature

Various other organisms also popped up alive in the mollusk feces, including springtails, ciliates, nematodes, mosses, and plant seeds.

From Science Magazine

Up to 60% of the “primary production” of the ocean -- mostly biomass generated by marine algae, I would think -- is consumed by ciliates and dinoflagellates.

From Scientific American