Name: "Tardisphaeraceae" Prokofeva et al. 2025

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Tar.di.sphae.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. pl. n. Tardisphaeraceae, the Tardisphaera family

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tar-di-sp^ha͡e-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine

Type genus: "Tardisphaera" Prokofeva et al. 2025

Original publication: Prokofeva MI, Karaseva AI, Tulenkov AS, Klyukina AA, Suzina NE, Bale NJ, Mets A, Schleper C, Elcheninov AG, Kochetkova TV. Polysaccharide-degrading archaea dominate acidic hot springs: genomic and cultivation insights into a novel Thermoproteota lineage. mSystems 2025; 10:e0071025. 🇷🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tardipshaeraceae".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 2; VKM: 2.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

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
    "Tardisphaera" Prokofeva et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Tardisphaerales" Prokofeva et al. 2025

Assigned by: Prokofeva MI, Karaseva AI, Tulenkov AS, Klyukina AA, Suzina NE, Bale NJ, Mets A, Schleper C, Elcheninov AG, Kochetkova TV. Polysaccharide-degrading archaea dominate acidic hot springs: genomic and cultivation insights into a novel Thermoproteota lineage. mSystems 2025; 10:e0071025. 🇷🇺

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Record number: 67850