| Alveolate Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1991 |
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The alveolates (meaning "pitted like a honeycomb")[2] are a group of protists, considered a major clade[3] and superphylum[4] within Eukarya. They are currently grouped with the stramenopiles and Rhizaria among the protists with tubulocristate mitochondria into the SAR supergroup.
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