Chromalveolate

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Chromalveolates
Clockwise from top-left: a haptophyte, some diatoms, a water mold, a cryptomonad, and Macrocystis, a phaeophyte
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota (unranked) Corticata Kingdom: Chromalveolata Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phyla
Heterokontophyta Haptophyta Cryptophyta Alveolata (superphylum) Ciliophora Apicomplexa Dinoflagellata

Chromalveolata is a eukaryote supergroup first proposed by Thomas Cavalier-Smith as a refinement of his kingdom Chromista, which was first proposed in 1981.