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Phylum "Candidatus Hadesarchaeota"
Name: "Candidatus Hadesarchaeota" Da Cunha et al. 2017
Etymology: Ha.des.ar.chae.o’ta. N.L. neut. n. Hadesarchaeum, a Candidatus genus name [probably better: Hadarchaeum]; L. neut. pl. n. suff. -ota, ending to denote a phylum; N.L. neut. pl. n. Hadesarchaeota, the Candidatus Hadesarchaeum phylum [incorrectly formed: implied type unavailable]
Pronunciation, gender: ha-des-ar-kha͡e-O-ta, neuter
Type class: "Candidatus Hadesarchaea" Baker et al. 2016
Original publication:
Da Cunha V, Gaia M, Gadelle D, Nasir A, Forterre P. Lokiarchaea are close relatives of Euryarchaeota, not bridging the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006810. 
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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🧕 Hua et al. (2019) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Hua ZS, Wang YL, Evans PN, Qu YN, Goh KM, Rao YZ, Qi YL, Li YX, Huang MJ, Jiao JY, et al. Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase-containing hot spring Archaea. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4574.
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.
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🧕 Hua et al. (2019) assigned this phylum to the domain "Archaea" Woese et al. 1990.
Publication:
Hua ZS, Wang YL, Evans PN, Qu YN, Goh KM, Rao YZ, Qi YL, Li YX, Huang MJ, Jiao JY, et al. Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase-containing hot spring Archaea. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4574.
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 Hadesarchaea" Baker et al. 2016 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Methanobacteriati (Garrity and Holt 2023) Oren and Göker 2024
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 51099
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