Name: "Eurythermea" Cavalier-Smith 2002

Category: Superclass

Proposed as: new superclass

Etymology: Gr. eury-, broad; Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat, because they are euryarchaeotes that are mostly hyperthermophilic or thermophilic; N.L. neut. pl. n. Eurythermea

Type order: Thermococcales Zillig 1988

Original publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

• Notes:
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this superclass to the subphylum "Euryarchaeota" Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class Protoarchaea Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this superclass. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned the class Picrophilea Cavalier-Smith 2002 to this superclass. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 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: 4723