Alveolate

Alveolate
Temporal range:
Ceratium furca
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
Phyla
Synonyms
  • Alveolatobiontes

The alveolates (meaning "pitted like a honeycomb") are a group of protists, considered a major clade and superphylum within Eukarya. They are currently grouped with the stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochondria into the SAR supergroup.

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