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Family "Candidatus Wolframiiraptoraceae"
Name: "Candidatus Wolframiiraptoraceae" Buessecker et al. 2022
Etymology: Wol.fra.mi.i.rap.to.ra’ce.ae. N.L. masc. n. Wolframiiraptor, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Wolframiiraptoraceae, family of the candidate genus Wolframiiraptor
Pronunciation, gender: wol-fra-mi-i-rap-to-RA-ke-a͡e, feminine
Type genus: "Candidatus Wolframiiraptor" Buessecker et al. 2022
Original publication:
Buessecker S, Palmer M, Lai D, Dimapilis J, Mayali X, Mosier D, Jiao JY, Colman DR, Keller LM, St John E, et al. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3773. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Wolframiraptoraceae".
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: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Benthortus" Buessecker et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Geocrenenecus" Buessecker et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Terraquivivens" Buessecker et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name "Candidatus Wolframiiraptor" Buessecker et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Caldarchaeales" Rinke et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Buessecker S, Palmer M, Lai D, Dimapilis J, Mayali X, Mosier D, Jiao JY, Colman DR, Keller LM, St John E, et al. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3773.
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Record number: 57503
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