Name: "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeaceae" Wu et al. 2022

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: He.im.dall.ar.chae.a’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Heimdallarchaeaceae, the Heimdallarchaeum family

Pronunciation, gender: he-im-dall-ar-k^ha͡e-A-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeum" Spang et al. 2019

Original publication: Wu F, Speth DR, Philosof A, Cremiere A, Narayanan A, Barco RA, Connon SA, Amend JP, Antoshechkin IA, Orphan VJ. Unique mobile elements and scalable gene flow at the prokaryote-eukaryote boundary revealed by circularized Asgard archaea genomes. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:200-212.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeum" Spang et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Heimdallarchaeales" Wu et al. 2022

Assigned by: Wu F, Speth DR, Philosof A, Cremiere A, Narayanan A, Barco RA, Connon SA, Amend JP, Antoshechkin IA, Orphan VJ. Unique mobile elements and scalable gene flow at the prokaryote-eukaryote boundary revealed by circularized Asgard archaea genomes. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:200-212.

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Record number: 49492