Alveolata
See also: alveolata
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Phylogenetic_tree_of_alveolate_protozoans%252C_some_of_which_are_human_pathogens..png.webp)
Phylogenetic tree of alveolate protozoans
![](Images/wiktionary/Polykrikos_and_Strombidium.jpg.webp)
Polykrikos and Strombidium
Etymology
From Latin alveolātus (“alveolate”), from alveus.
Proper noun
Alveolata
- The alveolate protists or chromists:
- A taxonomic superphylum within the subkingdom Biciliata.
- A taxonomic superphylum within the infrakingdom Halvaria.[1]
Hypernyms
- (superphylum in Biciliata): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Biciliata - subkingdom; Neozoa - infrakingdom
- (superphylum in Halvaria): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (superphylum in Biciliata): Myzozoa, Ciliophora - classes
- (superphylum in Halvaria): Miozoa,Ciliophora - phyla[1]
- Protalveolata, Myzozoa; Intramacronucleata, Postciliodesmatophora - subphyla
References
Alveolata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alveolata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alveolata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Alveolata at World Register of Marine Species
- Alveolata at Encyclopedia of Life
- Alveolata at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Alveolata at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521