Kingdom Protista was introduced by _____.

Carolus Linnaeus

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Ernst Haekel

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R.H. Whittaker

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Herbert F. Copeland

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The correct option is B Ernst Haekel
Kingdom Protista was introduced by Ernst Haekel. He classified living organisms into 3 kingdoms- Plantae, Animalia and Protista. The drawback of this system of classification was that it did not provide a clear distinction between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

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