Archaea
See also: archaea
Translingual
Alternative forms
- Archea (common misspelling)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖα (arkhaîa, “ancient”), neuter plural of ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient”).
Proper noun
Archaea
- Single-celled organisms lacking nuclei, formerly called archaebacteria, but now known to differ fundamentally from bacteria.
- A taxonomic domain.
- A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Prokaryota.[1]
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (domain): Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota, Korarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota - phyla
- (kingdom): Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota - phyla[1]
References
Archaea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Archaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Archaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Archaea at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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