Name: [Lokiarchaeota, not assigned to family]
Proposed as: LPSN placeholder (potentially permanent)
Nomenclatural status: artificial parent node of taxa incertae sedis
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: 3
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| "Candidatus Lokiarchaeon" Spang et al. 2015 | orthographic variant | |
| "Candidatus Lokiarchaeum" corrig. Spang et al. 2015 | not validly published | |
| [Prometheoarchaeum] | artificial parent node of Candidatus species that lack a genus description |
Parent taxon: [Lokiarchaeota, not assigned to order]