Alveolate facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Alveolata Temporal range: Ediacaran - Recent
Ceratium furca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Superphylum:	Alveolata
Phyla
Ciliophora Apicomplexa Dinoflagellata Chromerida

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

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

Images for kids

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  Paramecium caudatum (Ciliophora)

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  Vorticella (Ciliophora) (left)

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  Plasmodium falciparum (Apicomplexa) in blood

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  Eimeria maxima (Apicomplexa)

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  Dinophysis acuminata (Dinoflagellata)

See also

In Spanish: Alveolata para niños