Name: "Candidatus Wolframiiraptor" Buessecker et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Wol.fra.mi.i.rap’tor. N.L. neut. n. wolframium, tungsten; L. masc. n. raptor, snatcher or thief; N.L. masc. n. Wolframiiraptor, snatcher of tungsten

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Wolframiiraptor-), wol-fra-mi-i-RAP-tor

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Buessecker S, Palmer M, Lai D, Dimapilis J, Mayali X, Mosier D, Jiao JY, Colman DR, Keller LM, St John E, et al. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3773. 🇺🇸

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 Wolframiiraptoraceae" Buessecker et al. 2022. Publication: Buessecker S, Palmer M, Lai D, Dimapilis J, Mayali X, Mosier D, Jiao JY, Colman DR, Keller LM, St John E, et al. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3773. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Wolframiraptor".

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Wolframiiraptor allenii" Buessecker et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Wolframiiraptor gerlachensis" Buessecker et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Wolframiiraptor sinensis" Buessecker et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Wolframiiraptoraceae" Buessecker et al. 2022

Assigned by: Buessecker S, Palmer M, Lai D, Dimapilis J, Mayali X, Mosier D, Jiao JY, Colman DR, Keller LM, St John E, et al. An essential role for tungsten in the ecology and evolution of a previously uncultivated lineage of anaerobic, thermophilic Archaea. Nat Commun 2022; 13:3773. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 57495