There are THREE major protists groups. Before, there were classified in two groups. This are the one: PROTOZOA ALGAE FUNGUS-LIKE FUNGI PROTISTS
No, cnidarians are not protists. Cnidarians are a diverse group of animals that include jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones. Protists are a separate group of eukaryotic organisms that are not classified as animals.
Protists are a paraphyletic group because animals, fungi, and plants are the crown groups evolved from different lineages of the protists. They aren't included in the same group as protists taxonomically. This explains why the cladists consider the protist a paraphyletic group.
Stentor are Protists from the phylum Ciliophora.
No, zooplankton are not protists. Zooplankton are a diverse group of small animals that drift in aquatic environments, while protists are eukaryotic microorganisms that can be both single-celled or multicellular, but are not classified as animals.
Fungi are the group of organisms that are all absorptive in their nutrition. They break down organic matter externally and absorb the nutrients. This is in contrast to plants that perform photosynthesis and animals that ingest food.
Two major types of nutrition in protists are autotrophic and heterotrophic. Autotrophic protists can produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, while heterotrophic protists obtain their nutrition by consuming organic matter or other organisms.
The major phyla of animal-like protists are Sarcomastigophora, Ciliophora, Apicomplexa, and Zoomastigophora. One phylum that is not part of the animal-like protists is the Euglenozoa, which is a group of flagellated protozoans that are primarily photosynthetic rather than animal-like in nature.
plankton
No, cnidarians are not protists. Cnidarians are a diverse group of animals that include jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones. Protists are a separate group of eukaryotic organisms that are not classified as animals.
Scientists classified protists as a separate group because they are a diverse group of organisms that didn't fit neatly into the existing plant or animal kingdoms. Protists are eukaryotic organisms that exhibit a wide range of characteristics and lifestyles, leading scientists to create a separate category for them.
Protists are a paraphyletic group because animals, fungi, and plants are the crown groups evolved from different lineages of the protists. They aren't included in the same group as protists taxonomically. This explains why the cladists consider the protist a paraphyletic group.
Protists are a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms that do not fit into the plant, animal, or fungi kingdoms. They are unicellular or simple multicellular organisms that can be autotrophic or heterotrophic. Major groups such as plants, animals, and fungi are more complex multicellular organisms with distinct structures and functions.
Dinoflangellates.
Prokaryotes are not monophyletic because they include both bacteria and archaea, which are two distinct groups with different evolutionary histories. These two groups do not share a common recent ancestor, making prokaryotes a paraphyletic group.
Plasmodia
Protists are made up of very large, diverse group of organisms, including the plant-like protists (algae), fungi-like protists, and the animal-like protists (protozoans). They are all eukaryotic, and most are unicellular.
animal-like