Editing Alveolate (section)

===Phylogeny===

In 2017, [[Thomas Cavalier-Smith]] described the phylogeny of the Alveolata as follows:<ref name="Cavalier-Smith 2017">{{Cite journal |last=Cavalier-Smith |first=Thomas |date=5 September 2017 |title=Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences |journal=Protoplasma |pages=297–357 |doi=10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3 |pmid=28875267 |pmc=5756292 |volume=255 |issue=1}}</ref>

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|label1=[[Alveolata]]
|1={{clade
  |label1=[[Ciliophora]]
  |1={{clade
    |label1=[[Intramacronucleata]]
    |1={{clade
      |1=[[Heterotrichea]]
      |2=[[Karyorelictea]]
       }}
    |label2=[[Postciliodesmatophora]]
    |2={{clade
       |1=[[Desmata]]
       |2=[[Spirotrichia]]
       }}
     }}
  |label2=[[Miozoa]]
  |2={{clade
    |1=[[Colponemea]]<!--T C-S marks the visibly paraphyletic "Protalveoalata" for this and the Acavomonadea-->
    |2={{clade
      |label1=Acavomonadia
      |1=[[Acavomonadea]]
      |label2=[[Myzozoa]]
      |2={{clade
        |label1=[[Apicomplexa]]
        |1={{clade
           |1=[[Apicomonada]]
           |2=[[Sporozoa]]
           }}
        |label2=[[Dinozoa]]
        |2={{clade
           |1=[[Dinoflagellata]]
           |2=[[Perkinsea]]
           }}
         }}
       }}
     }}
   }}
}}