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: TEACHER MARGARITA We present united protista. Valentina Anzola Orrego protist kingdom All unicellular organisms are placed under the Protist Kingdom. The term Protista was first used by Ernst Haeckel in the year 1886. This kingdom forms a link between other kingdoms of plants, animals and fungi. Protists represent an important step in early evolution. Early protists evolved probably 1.7 billion years ago. Protista members are primarily aquatic in nature. It is a very large group comprising at least 16 phyla. Many protists, such as algae are the primary producers in the aquatic ecosystem, some protists are responsible for serious human diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness Kingdom Protista Definition Kingdom Protista is a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. The protists are unicellular, some are colonial or multicellular, which have no specialized tissue organization. Simple cellular organization