Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Archaea

Original entries

Archaeoglobi (Class) Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. inval.
Archaeoglobi (Class) Garrity and Holt 2002
Halobacteria (Class) Grant et al. 2001 nom. inval.
Halobacteria (Class) Grant et al. 2002
Methanobacteria (Class) Boone 2001 nom. inval.
Methanobacteria (Class) Boone 2002
Methanococci (Class) Boone 2001 nom. inval.
Methanococci (Class) Boone 2002
Methanopyri (Class) Garrity and Holt 2001 nom. inval.
Methanopyri (Class) Garrity and Holt 2002
Thermococci (Class) Zillig and Reysenbach 2001 nom. inval.
Thermococci (Class) Zillig and Reysenbach 2002
Thermoplasmata (Class) Reysenbach 2001 nom. inval.
Thermoplasmata (Class) Reysenbach 2002

Subsequent entries

Methanomicrobia (Class) Garrity et al. 2005 nom. inval.

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2005: 167 ("Garrity and Holt 2002, 685VP"), App. 2 (p. 207).

Current position

Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.

Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 3.

Alternative positions

Archaea (Kingdom) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 2); CoL(17 Aug 2023).
Mendosicutes (Division) Murray 1984	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58-59.

Historical positions

Archaea (Kingdom) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 132).
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.	Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 3.
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [30 Aug 2017].
Archaea (Kingdom) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 2).
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.	Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 10.
Prokaryota ([unranked])	Ref: 2002: 685.
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 1. [new taxon]
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001c: 211; xiv. [new taxon]
Mendosicutes (Division) Murray 1984	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58-59.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	8c;10o;18f;69g;270s
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 132)	116ng;106g; †0g
2016	J.P. Euzéby: [6 Sep 2017]	[8c;12o;22f;97g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 2)	[9c;10o]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[8c;9o;16f;60g;224s]
2001b	G.M. Garrity et al.: 3	[7c;9o;16f;50g]
2001c	G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt	7c9o16f50g
2000		7c9o15f47g