Why is kingdom Protista so unique?

Answer 1

Protists are extremely important in ecological and medical research. In medicine, certain protists are used to study the relationship between chromosomal structure and aging. Muticellular protists such as slime molds provide valuable insight about the chemical signals used in more complex organisms to coordinate cellular activity.

Answer 2

Protists are important because much understanding of interspecific competition comes from the study of protists. Also, in medicine, certain protists are used to study the relationship between chromosomal structure and aging. Plus, multicellular protists, such as slime molds, provide valuable insight about the chemical signals used in more complex organisms to coordinate cellular activity.

Answer 3

The Protazoa (the term protista is dated and, albeit arguably, not appreciated so much in the taxonomy world these days) are all Eukaryotic (compartmentalised cells) organisms that are not Plants, Animals of Fungi.

The protists used to be known to consist of the protazoa, algae and slime molds, but the latter two are now classed amongst other kingdoms and protazoa is generally accepted as a word to describe the ecology or organisation of certain unicellular eukaryotes rather than a taxonomical classification an tends to have replaced the term protist when thinking about small organisms.

For example, traditional classification would class amoeba and seaweed both as protists whereas modern classification (and bear in mind there is no correct way at the moment, classification of protists is a MESS) would call amoeba a protazoa and seaweed an algae.

Answer 4

1 : Kingdom Protista is unique in many ways, every living thing which is excluded from kingdoms Monera , Animalia , Plantae and Mycota is included in Protista.2 : It is collection of polyphyletic groups which are quite different from each other .

Answer 5

They are single cells that do not have ANY organelles inside yet they still function normally unlike their eukaryota counterparts.

Answer 6

Protista contains one celled animals or plants and creatures that appear to be both plant AND animal in the same single cell.