Alveolate

The Alveolata is a grouping of protists. One view is that it is a superphylum with at least four phyla.

Alveolata Temporal range: Ediacaran – Recent
Ceratium furca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phyla
Ciliophora Apicomplexa Dinoflagellata Chromerida

Phyla

• Ciliates, very common protozoa, with many short cilia arranged in rows
• Chromerida – a marine phylum of photosynthetic protozoa
• Apicomplexa, parasitic protozoa that lack locomotive structures except in gametes
• Dinoflagellate, mostly marine flagellates, many of which have chloroplasts