Genus "Candidatus Njordarchaeum"

Name: "Candidatus Njordarchaeum" Xie et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Njord.ar.chaeā€™um. N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; N.L. neut. n. Njordarchaeum, an archaeon named after Njord, the god of seas in North mythology

Gender: neuter (stem: Njordarchae-)

Type species: "Candidatus Njordarchaeum 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

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: "Candidatus Njordarchaeaceae" 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: 29845
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