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Archaea
Taxonomy
Archaea was named by Woese et al. (1990). It is extant.
It was assigned to Prokarya by Margulis (1996); to Life by Woese et al. (1990) and Taylor et al. (2008); and to Prokaryota by Ruggiero et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Prokarya by Margulis (1996); to Life by Woese et al. (1990) and Taylor et al. (2008); and to Prokaryota by Ruggiero et al. (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Archaea Woese et al. p. 4578 |
| 1996 | Archaea Margulis p. 1074 |
| 2008 | Archaea Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
| 2015 | Archaea Ruggiero et al. p. 33 |
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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. Archaea Woese et al. 1990
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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
Invalid names: Archaebacteria [synonym], Crenarchaeota [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. R. Woese et al. 1990 | Domain Archaea[ Greek adjective apxaioq (ancient,primitive)]: cells prokaryotic; membrane lipids predominantly isoprenoid glycerol diethers or diglycerol tetraethers; ribosomes containing an archaeal type of rRNA. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections
No collection or age range data are available