Name: "Candidatus Wukongarchaeaceae" Liu et al. 2021

Category: Family

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Wu.kong.ar.chae.a.ce’ae. N.L. neut. n. Wukongarchaeum, a (Candidatus) type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Wukongarchaeaceae, the Wukongarchaeum family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: "Candidatus Wukongarchaeum" Liu et al. 2021

Original publication: Liu Y, Makarova KS, Huang WC, Wolf YI, Nikolskaya AN, Zhang X, Cai M, Zhang CJ, Xu W, Luo Z, et al. Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature 2021; 593:553-557.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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 Wukongarchaeum" Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Wukongarchaeales" Liu et al. 2021

Assigned by: Liu Y, Makarova KS, Huang WC, Wolf YI, Nikolskaya AN, Zhang X, Cai M, Zhang CJ, Xu W, Luo Z, et al. Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature 2021; 593:553-557.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/wukongarchaeaceaeCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 30143