Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
             Kingdom Bacillatiᵀ (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Oren and Göker 2024
               Phylum Bacillotaᵀ Gibbons and Murray 2021
                 Class Bacilliᵀ Ludwig et al. 2010
                   Order Caryophanalesᵀ Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
                     Family Staphylococcaceae Schleifer and Bell 2010
                       1 Genus Abyssicoccus Jiang et al. 2016
                       2 Genus Aliicoccus Amoozegar et al. 2014 [monotypic]
                       3 Genus Corticicoccus Li et al. 2017
                       4 Genus Jeotgalicoccus Yoon et al. 2003
                       5 Genus Macrococcus Kloos et al. 1998
                       6 Genus Nosocomiicoccus Morais et al. 2008 [monotypic]
                       7 Genus Phocicoccus Bello et al. 2024
                       8 Genus Salinicoccus Ventosa et al. 1990
                       9 Genus Staphylococcusᵀ Rosenbach 1884 (Approved Lists 1980) nom. cons.