in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa, Euglenophyta, Chlorophyta, Cryptophyta, Heterokontophyta, Rhodophyta, unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals | in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa, Euglenophyta, Chlorophyta, Cryptophyta, Heterokontophyta, Rhodophyta, unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals |