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Superclass "Acherontia"
Name: "Acherontia" Adam et al. 2017
Etymology: A.che.ron’ti.a. N.L. neut. pl. n. Acherontia, Acheron, the "river of woe" in the Underworld.
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-khe-RON-ti-a, neuter
Original publication:
Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Adam et al. (2017) assigned this superclass to the phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425. 🇫🇷
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🧒 Adam et al. (2017) assigned the class Thermococci Zillig and Reysenbach 2002 to this superclass.
Publication:
Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425. 🇫🇷
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acherontis".
- 😟 A nomenclatural type has not been designated.
- 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
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🧕 Adam et al. (2017) assigned this superclass to the phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Adam PS, Borrel G, Brochier-Armanet C, Gribaldo S. The growing tree of Archaea: new perspectives on their diversity, evolution and ecology. ISME J 2017; 11:2407-2425.
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Record number: 29243
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