Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Alveolata – alveolates

Main Groups of Organisms

After Parker, 1982 and the “Tree of Life”

<==o Alveolata (alveolates)
   |-- ciliophora (“Ciliates”?)
   `--+-- Colponema
      `--+--o Dinoflagellida [Dinophyceae; Ellobiophyceae; Syndiniophyceae]
         |  |?- Adinina
         |  |?- Gymnodiniina
         |  |?- Peridiniina
         |  |?- Syndiniina
         |  `?- Blastodiniina
         `--+--o Ascetospora [Haplospora; Haplosporidia]
            |  |-- Paramyxidae [Paramyxea: Paramyxida]
            |  `--o Stellatosporea
            |     |--o Occlusosporea
            |     |  `-- Marteilliidae
            |     `--o Balanosporida
            |        |-- Haplosporiidae
            |        `-- Anurosporiidae
            `--o Apicomplexa
               `--o Perkinsea [Sporozoa]
                  |-- Piroplasmia
                  |-- Gragarinia
                  `-- Coccidia

Reference(s):

• Sogin, M. L. & Patterson, D. J., 2005: Alveolates. (Updated: 2004?)
  –iNet: The Tree of Life Project: http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Alveolates&contgroup=Eukaryotes; [visited: 2005-11-29]
• Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
  –McGrew-Hill Book Company

 

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