why is protista known as dustbin of classification?
 

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In five kingdom classification, eukaryotic organisms are divided into four groups. Plantae, animalia, fungi and protists.
Organisms are placed into plantae, animalia and fungi based on their respective characteristic features. Whereas, organisms that do not resemble with the characteristic features of plantae, animalia or fungi were placed in protists. So for this reason protists were considered as dustbin of classification, as in dustbin we throw junks which is not of any use or doesn't fit anywhere.
 
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dustbin ??
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who said that ???
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Dustbin. No one could say about protista like this as it is the primitive organism which has come to the earth before the advanced organisms came. We should respect them as they are the ancestors of whole kingdom. You have might heard wrong.
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