Name: "Candidatus Harpocratesius" Wu et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Harpocratesius, named in reference to Harpocrates, Greek god of silence

Gender: masculine (stem: Harpocratesi-)

Type species: "Candidatus Harpocratesius repetitus" Wu et al. 2022

Original publication: Wu F, Speth DR, Philosof A, Cremiere A, Narayanan A, Barco RA, Connon SA, Amend JP, Antoshechkin IA, Orphan VJ. Unique mobile elements and scalable gene flow at the prokaryote-eukaryote boundary revealed by circularized Asgard archaea genomes. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:200-212.

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

Parent taxon: Promethearchaeaceae Imachi et al. 2024

Assigned by: Imachi H, Nobu MK, Kato S, Takaki Y, Miyazaki M, Miyata M, Ogawara M, Saito Y, Sakai S, Tahara YO, et al. Promethearchaeum syntrophicum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, obligately syntrophic archaeon, the first isolate of the lineage 'Asgard' archaea, and proposal of the new archaeal phylum Promethearchaeota phyl. nov. and kingdom Promethearchaeati regn. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6435.

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Record number: 51062
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