Zooflagellates are a third type of protists. They are animal-like and move by using flagella. Flagella are whip-like structures that spin quickly, working like a boat's propeller to move the organism through water. Most zooflagellates have from one to eight flagella that help them move.

What is the locomotion of Zooflagellates?

Zooflagellates (zoh oh FLAJ uh lits) move by means of one or more flagella. (Recall from Chapter 6 that flagella are long, thin, whip-like cellular projections.) Zooflagellates generally reproduce asexually by binary fission.

How do protists move around?

A few forms can move by gliding or floating, although the vast majority move by means of “whips” or small “hairs” known as flagella or cilia, respectively. (Those organelles give their names to informal groups—flagellates and ciliates—of protists.) A lesser number of protists employ pseudopodia.