Name: "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990

Category: Domain

Proposed as: new domain

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. [ἀρχαῖος] archaîos, ancient, primitive; N.L. n. Archaea

Original publication: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
  • Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2010. Publication: Tindall BJ, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ, Ludwig W, Kampfer P. Notes on the characterization of prokaryote strains for taxonomic purposes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:249-266.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Aigarchaeota" Nunoura et al. 2011	not validly published
    "Crenarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Diapherotrites" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001	not validly published
    "Candidatus Korarchaeota" Barns et al. 1996	not validly published
    "Candidatus Lokiarchaeota" Spang et al. 2015	not validly published
    "Candidatus Nanoarchaeota" Huber et al. 2002	not validly published
    "Candidatus Nanohaloarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Candidatus Parvarchaeota" Rinke et al. 2013	not validly published
    "Thaumarchaeota" Brochier-Armanet et al. 2008	not validly published
    "Candidatus Undinarchaeota" Dombrowski et al. 2020	not validly published
    "Candidatus Verstraetearchaeota" Vanwonterghem et al. 2016	not validly published

Parent taxon: None.

Assigned by: Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML. Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:4576-4579.

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Record number: 166