Alveolate
| Alveolate Temporal range:
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| Ceratium furca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Halvaria |
| Clade: | Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991 |
| Phyla and orders | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alveolatobiontes | |
The alveolates are a group of protists, considered a major clade or superphylum within Eukaryota. They are currently grouped with the Stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochondria into the SAR supergroup.