Name: "Candidatus Cerberiarchaeum" Benito Merino et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Cer.be.ri.ar.chae’um. N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon, ancient; from Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. n. Cerberiarchaeum, archaeon named after Cerberus (gen. Cerberi), the three-headed hound that guards the gates of the Underworld in the Greek mythology, in relation with the affiliation of this organism with Hadarchaea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cerberiarchae-), ker-be-ri-ar-K^HA͡E-um

Type species: "Candidatus Cerberiarchaeum oleivorans" Benito Merino et al. 2024

Original publication: Benito Merino D, Lipp JS, Borrel G, Boetius A, Wegener G. Anaerobic hexadecane degradation by a thermophilic Hadarchaeon from Guaymas Basin. ISME J 2024; 18:0. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Cerberiarchaeaceae" Benito Merino et al. 2024. Publication: Benito Merino D, Lipp JS, Borrel G, Boetius A, Wegener G. Anaerobic hexadecane degradation by a thermophilic Hadarchaeon from Guaymas Basin. ISME J 2024; 18:0. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cerebriarchaeum".
  • 🤦 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
    "Candidatus Cerberiarchaeum oleivorans" Benito Merino et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Cerberiarchaeaceae" Benito Merino et al. 2024

Assigned by: Benito Merino D, Lipp JS, Borrel G, Boetius A, Wegener G. Anaerobic hexadecane degradation by a thermophilic Hadarchaeon from Guaymas Basin. ISME J 2024; 18:0. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 45249