an organism called protist
In 2005, based on new phylogenetic data the kingdom Protista was split into 5 supergroups. See Also: âAre You Still Teaching Taxonomy?â Protists. Protists belong to the Kingdom Protista, which include mostly unicellular organisms that do not fit into the other kingdoms. Characteristics of Protists mostly unicellular, some are multicellular (algae) can be heterotrophic or autotrophic most live in water (though some live in moist soil or even the human body) ALL are eukaryotic (have a nucleus) A protist is any organism that is not a plant, animal or fungus Protista = the very first Classification of Protists how they obtain nutrition how they move Animallike Protists - also called protozoa (means first animal) - heterotrophs Plantlike Protists - also called ...