There are no known eukaryotes which never had mitochondria
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There are no known eukaryotes which never had mitochondria by 
Ciro Santilli 34 Updated 2024-11-19 Created 1970-01-01
Ciro Santilli 34 Updated 2024-11-19 Created 1970-01-01As of 2020, there are no known eukaryotes which have never had mitochondria.
Known eukaryotes without mitochondria, which are very rare, have lost mitochondria they previously had.
Having mitochondria appears to be a requisite for being an eukaryote. This is one of the central thesis of Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane (2006).