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Genus "Candidatus Freyrarchaeum"
Name: "Candidatus Freyrarchaeum" Xie et al. 2022
Etymology: Fre.yr.ar.chae’um. N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Freyrarchaeum, an archaeon named after Freyr, the god of peace in North mythology
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Freyrarchae-), fre-yr-ar-KHA͡E-um
Type species: "Candidatus Freyrarchaeum guaymaensis" Xie et al. 2022
Original publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829. 
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:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Freyrarchaeia" Xie et al. 2022.
Publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Freyrarchaeaceae" Xie et al. 2022.
Publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Freyrarchaeales" Xie et al. 2022.
Publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Freyrarchaeota" Xie et al. 2022.
Publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
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🧕 Xie et al. (2022) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Freyrarchaeales" Xie et al. 2022.
Publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Freyrarchaeia" Xie et al. 2022.
Publication:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Freyrarchaeum guaymaensis" Xie et al. 2022 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Freyrarchaeaceae" Xie et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Xie R, Wang Y, Huang D, Hou J, Li L, Hu H, Zhao X, Wang F. Expanding Asgard members in the domain of Archaea sheds new light on the origin of eukaryotes. Sci China Life Sci 2022; 65:818-829.
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Record number: 29835
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