Alveolate facts for kids
Quick facts for kids AlveolataTemporal range: Ediacaran - Recent
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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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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
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