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Protists are members of Protista, one of the five main kingdoms of organisms. They are eukaryotic, multicellular and unicellular creatures that are either microscopic or very large in size, and are found in moist and marine environments. Being mostly micro in size, 5 micrometers to 2 to 3 millimeters is the prevalent size for protists. Despite not being categorized in any other animal kingdoms due to their complex structures and heavy diversity, they still are very much like fungi, animals and plants in their characteristics (Corliss, "General Features"). Talk about how due to a great diversity, protists are classified in many different ways, and how the divisions are sometimes grouped together. Algae, Protozoa and Slime molds are the subclasses into which protists are categorized on a broader scale ("MicrobeWorld"). Algae are plant-like, protozoa are animal-like, and slime molds are fungi-like. Protists are categorized like this based on the way they eat (Carter, "Protista"). There are 10 Divisions in the Kingdom Protista. 4 Divisions are of protozoa, 5 Divisions are of algal proti...

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