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Paraphyletic taxon: Superkingdom "Prokaryota" Margulis 1974 nom. nud. (prokaryote)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation L. Margulis, in R.C. King, ed., 1974, nom. nud., nom. praeinit., sine typo
Original name, rank & spelling Margulis, L. 1974. In R.C. King (ed.), Handbook of genetics 1: tbl. 6 (p. 13).

Attributes

Prokaryotic name (: nom. prok.) [ICNB/ICNP] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [25 Feb 2026].
Effectively, but not validly, published name (nom. inval.) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 25, App. 7 (IJSEM)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [23 May 2026].
Pre-starting-point name (nom. inval.[: praeinit.]) [ICNP, 2022: Rules 23a Note 3, 24a (<1980)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 25 Feb 2026.
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICNP, 2019: App. 7 (c), Chap. 4 B(4)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [25 Feb 2026] ("This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).").
Type: not designated (: sine typo) [ICNP, 2025: Rule 16 (eff. publ.)] Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [25 Feb 2026] ("A nomenclatural type has not been designated.").

Variants

Former rankProkaryota (Domain) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 2). [inferred]
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