Alveolate

Alveolate
Temporal range:
Ceratium furca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Halvaria
Clade: Alveolata
Cavalier-Smith 1991
Subgroups
Synonyms
  • Alveolatobiontes

The alveolates are a group of protists, considered a major clade within Eukaryota. They are currently grouped with the Stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochondria into the SAR supergroup. It is ranked as a superphylum in Ruggiero et al., 2015.

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