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Taxon: Phylum Spirochaetae (Ehrenberg 1855) Cavalier-Smith 1998 (prokaryote)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacteria

Original position

Endoflagellata (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1992

Original entries

*Euspirochaetae* (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1998
*Leptospirae* (Subphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith 1998

Current position

Gracilicutes (Division) Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 74-77.

Alternative positions

*Endoflagellata* (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1992	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218. [new rank]
*Monera* (Kingdom) Haeckel 1866	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 34.

Historical positions

*Negibacteria* (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
*Gracilicutes* (Division) Gibbons and Murray 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 74-77.
*Endoflagellata* (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1992	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 218). [new rank]
*Monera* (Kingdom) Haeckel 1866	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 34-35.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	12g
1998	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz: 74	12g
1998	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sp]

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