Wukongarchaeia

Wukongarchaeia
Scientific classification
(Candidatus)
Domain:
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
"Wukongarchaeia"
Liu et al., 2021
Order:
"Wukongarchaeales"
Liu et al., 2021
Family:
"Wukongarchaeaceae"
Liu et al., 2021
Genus:
"Ca. Wukongarchaeum"
Liu et al., 2021
Species:
"Ca. W. yapense"
Binomial name
"Candidatus Wukongarchaeum yapense"
corrig. Liu et al., 2021
Synonyms
  • "Ca. Wukongarchaeum yapensis" (sic)
    Liu et al., 2021

Wukongarchaeia (named after Sun Wukong) is a class of Asgard archea that consists of only one named species, Ca. Wukongarchaeum yapense.

Phylogeny of Asgard archaea (per GTDB release 11-RS232):

Promethearchaeota

References

  1. ↑ "Species "Candidatus Wukongarchaeum yapensis"". LPSN.dsmz.de.
  2. ↑ "Expanding diversity of Asgard archaea and the elusive ancestry of eukaryotes". bioRxiv.
  3. ↑ "Species "Candidatus Wukongarchaeum yapense"". LPSN.dsmz.de.
  4. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database.