Kingdom Protista

Classification of Animals Non Chordates of Class 11

According to five kingdom classification Whittaker (1969), protozoa are separated from animals and included in the kingdom – protista (unicellular eukaryotic organisms).

Phylum Protozoa : All protists are included in this single phylum. Formerly, this group was classified as a Subkingdom of Kingdom Animalia. The whole body of a protozoan is a single eukaryotic cell which leads its own independent existence in nature. Examples – Amoeba, Euglena, Plasmodium, Paramecium, etc.

Kingdom Protista

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