Name: "Candidatus Thalassoarchaea" Martin-Cuadrado et al. 2015

Category: Class

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Tha.las.so.ar.chae’a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Thalassoarchaea, from the greek name for the sea ‘thalassa’

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tha-las-so-ar-KHA͡E-a, neuter

Type genus: "Candidatus Thalassarchaea" corrig. Martin-Cuadrado et al. 2015

Original publication: Martin-Cuadrado AB, Garcia-Heredia I, Molto AG, Lopez-Ubeda R, Kimes N, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Rodriguez-Valera F. A new class of marine Euryarchaeota group II from the Mediterranean deep chlorophyll maximum. ISME J 2015; 9:1619-1634. 🇪🇸

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Nomenclatural pro-status: inaccurate spelling and not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no pro-standing)

Preferred name: "Candidatus Thalassarchaeia" corrig. Martin-Cuadrado et al. 2015

Parent taxon: Methanobacteriota Garrity and Holt 2023

Assigned by: Goker M, Oren A. Valid publication of four additional phylum names. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6024. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 10062
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