Protists are an artificial group of eukaryotes that are neither animals, fungi, nor plants. They represent the vast diversity of eukaryotic organisms, and thus span the breadth of possibilities with r...Protists are an artificial group of eukaryotes that are neither animals, fungi, nor plants. They represent the vast diversity of eukaryotic organisms, and thus span the breadth of possibilities with regard to life history traits. They can be heterotrophs or autotrophs, unicellular to massively multicellular (though rarely with any specialized tissue organization), and can be found across ecosystems worldwide. Photosynthesis within protists is the result of multiple separate endosymbiotic events.
Protists are an artificial group of eukaryotes that are neither animals, fungi, nor plants. They represent the vast diversity of eukaryotic organisms, and thus span the breadth of possibilities with r...Protists are an artificial group of eukaryotes that are neither animals, fungi, nor plants. They represent the vast diversity of eukaryotic organisms, and thus span the breadth of possibilities with regard to life history traits. They can be heterotrophs or autotrophs, unicellular to massively multicellular (though rarely with any specialized tissue organization), and can be found across ecosystems worldwide. Photosynthesis within protists is the result of multiple separate endosymbiotic events.