Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Archaea

Original position

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

Original entries

Thermoprotei (Class) Reysenbach 2001 nom. inval.
Thermoprotei (Class) Reysenbach 2002

Current position

TACK (Superphylum) Guy and Ettema 2011

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

Alternative positions

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); CoL(17 Aug 2023).
Mendosicutes (Division) Murray 1984	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 60-61.

Historical positions

Archaea (Kingdom) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 132).
TACK (Superphylum) Guy and Ettema 2011	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].
TACK (Superphylum) Guy and Ettema 2011	Ref: L.A. Hug et al., 2016: fig. 1.
Archaea (Kingdom) Woese et al. 1990	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 2).
TACK (Superphylum) Guy and Ettema 2011	Ref: C. Rinke et al., 2013: fig. 2.
Archaea (Domain) Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 6.
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, 2001b: 169; xiii. [new taxon]
Mendosicutes (Division) Murray 1984	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 60-61.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1c;6o;9f;28g;60s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1c;4o;6f;26g;54s
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 132)	35ng;31g; †0g
2016	J.P. Euzéby: [1 Sep 2017]	[1c;6o;9f;29g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 2)	[4c;6o]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[1c;4o;6f;26g;51s]
2001b	G.M. Garrity et al.: 1	[1c;3o;5f;23g]
2001b	G.M. Garrity & J.G. Holt	[1c;3o;5f;22g]
2000		1c3o5f22g