Name: "Candidatus Wukongarchaeum" Liu et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: Wu.kong.ar.chae’um. N.L. n. Wukong, a legendary Chinese figure, also known as Monkey King, who caused havoc in the heavenly palace; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; from Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. n. Wukongarchaeum, a (Candidatus) type genus of the order

Gender: neuter (stem: Wukongarchae-)

Original publication: Liu Y, Makarova KS, Huang WC, Wolf YI, Nikolskaya AN, Zhang X, Cai M, Zhang CJ, Xu W, Luo Z, et al. Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature 2021; 593:553-557.

IJSEM list: Oren A. Candidatus list no. 4. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Wukongarchaeaceae" Liu et al. 2021. Publication: Liu Y, Makarova KS, Huang WC, Wolf YI, Nikolskaya AN, Zhang X, Cai M, Zhang CJ, Xu W, Luo Z, et al. Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature 2021; 593:553-557.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Wukongarchaeales" Liu et al. 2021. Publication: Liu Y, Makarova KS, Huang WC, Wolf YI, Nikolskaya AN, Zhang X, Cai M, Zhang CJ, Xu W, Luo Z, et al. Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature 2021; 593:553-557.
  • 🧕 Liu et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Wukongarchaeales" Liu et al. 2021. Publication: Liu Y, Makarova KS, Huang WC, Wolf YI, Nikolskaya AN, Zhang X, Cai M, Zhang CJ, Xu W, Luo Z, et al. Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature 2021; 593:553-557.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Candidatus Wukongarchaeum yapense" corrig. Liu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Wukongarchaeum yapensis" Liu et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling (and no standing)

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Wukongarchaeaceae" Liu et al. 2021

Assigned by: Liu Y, Makarova KS, Huang WC, Wolf YI, Nikolskaya AN, Zhang X, Cai M, Zhang CJ, Xu W, Luo Z, et al. Expanded diversity of Asgard archaea and their relationships with eukaryotes. Nature 2021; 593:553-557.

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