Subphylum "Filarchaeota"

Name: "Filarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2014

Category: Subphylum

Proposed as: new subphylum

Etymology: L. neut. n. filum, thread, to show they have one or both of these cytoskeletal filaments; N.L. neut. pl. n. archaea, ancient; N.L. neut. pl. n. Filarchaeota

Gender: neuter

Type order: Thermoproteales Zillig and Stetter 1982

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran revolution and phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and cilia in the light of intracellular coevolution and a revised tree of life. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2014; 6:a016006. 🇬🇧

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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Record number: 15237

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