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
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
Thermococci (Class) Zillig and Reysenbach 2002
Thermoplasmata (Class) Reysenbach 2001
Thermoplasmata (Class) Reysenbach 2002

Current position

Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990

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).
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	Ref: D.H. Parks et al., 2017: fig. 3.
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	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	Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 10.
Prokaryota ([unranked])	Ref: 2002: 685.
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 1. [new taxon]
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt, 2001: 211; xiv. [new taxon]
Mendosicutes (Division) Murray 1984	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 58-59.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	10c;14o;23f;97g;385s
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]
2001	G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt	7c9o16f50g
2000		7c9o15f47g