[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
     Phylum "Chloroflexi" Garrity and Holt 2001
       Class "Chloroflexi" Castenholz 2001 nom. inval. see Class Chloroflexia Gupta et al. 2013
         Order "Herpetosiphonales" Castenholz 2001 nom. nud. see Order Herpetosiphonales Gupta et al. 2013
           Family "Herpetosiphonaceae" Castenholz 2001 nom. nud. see Family Herpetosiphonaceae Gupta et al. 2013
             Genus Herpetosiphon Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
               Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)