Chromalveolate
(Redirected from Chromista)
Chromalveolata is a eukaryote supergroup first proposed by Thomas Cavalier-Smith as a refinement of his kingdom Chromista, which was first proposed in 1981.
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| Clockwise from top-left: a haptophyte, some diatoms, an oomycete, a cryptomonad, and Macrocystis, a phaeophyte | |
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| Kingdom: | Chromalveolate Cavalier-Smith 1998
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The origin of the Chromalveolata was thought to be a secondary endosymbiosis between a bikont (cell with two flagella) and a red alga.[1] This union led to plastids containing chlorophyll c. In Cavalier-Smith's classification, the Chromalveolata was one of the six major groups within the eukaryotes.[2]
Chromalveolate Media
Chromista classification according to Cavalier-Smith, 2018, with supposed events marking group divergences
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