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Euryarchaeota
Taxonomy
Euryarchaeota was named by Woese et al. (1990). It is extant.
It was assigned to Archaea by Woese et al. (1990), Ruggiero et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Archaea by Woese et al. (1990), Ruggiero et al. (2015).
Subtaxa
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2014-02-04; modified by M. Uhen on 2014-02-10
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Euryarchaeota Woese et al. p. 4578 |
| 2015 | Euryarchaeota Ruggiero et al. p. 10 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. Euryarchaeota Woese et al. 1990
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G. Archaeoglobus Stetter 1968
G. Pyrococcus Fiala and Stetter 1986
G. Thermococcus Zillig 1983
G. Thermoplasma Darland 1970
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. R. Woese et al. 1990 | Kingdom Euryarchaeota (Archaea) [Greek adjective E'tsP (broad, wide, spacious), for the relatively broad spectrum of niches occupied by these organisms and their varied patterns of metabolism; Greek adjective apXaloq (ancient, primitive)]: ribosomes containing a euryarchaeal type of rRNA. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections
No collection or age range data are available