Name: "Diaforarchaea" Petitjean et al. 2015

Category: Superclass

Proposed as: new superclass

Etymology: Gr. masc./fem. adj. diaphoros, miscellaneous; N.L. neut. pl. n. Diaforarchaea

Original publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Brochier-Armanet C. Extending the conserved phylogenetic core of archaea disentangles the evolution of the third domain of life. Mol Biol Evol 2015; 32:1242-1254.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Petitjean et al. (2015) assigned this superclass to the phylum "Euryarchaeota" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Brochier-Armanet C. Extending the conserved phylogenetic core of archaea disentangles the evolution of the third domain of life. Mol Biol Evol 2015; 32:1242-1254.
  • Petitjean et al. (2015) assigned the order Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach 2002 to this superclass. Publication: Petitjean C, Deschamps P, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Brochier-Armanet C. Extending the conserved phylogenetic core of archaea disentangles the evolution of the third domain of life. Mol Biol Evol 2015; 32:1242-1254.
  • 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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Record number: 13935