The word 'flagellate' has a few different senses: 1: having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum); 2: a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some...
A phylum is the taxonomical rank below kingdom and above class. The kingdom Animalia contains approximately 40 phyla. Organisms are grouped into phyla based on a general body plan. For example, the...