Classification of Living Things (Protista Kingdom)
The kingdom of protists, recognized for its diversity and significance in biological taxonomy, encompasses organisms that exhibit traits between plants and animals. These eukaryotic entities can be unicellular or multicellular and are classified into various groups such as Amebozoa, Alveolata, and Rhizaria, among others.
The diverse kingdom of protists had, from its origin, great importance within the world of scientific taxonomy and biology, among other branches of science.
Characteristics
They have different reproduction strategies
Multiple split
Gemation
Bipartition
Mitosis
They have a wide variety of types of locomotion
Pseudopods
Cilia
Flagella
All possible nutrition models are displayed
Heterotroph
Autotroph
They live in a wide variety of locations
Their size is very variable
They are eukaryotic organisms.
Definition
This kingdom includes all those eukaryotic unicellular and multicellular organisms with anatomical and functional characteristics intermediate between plants and animals.