Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			K. Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al., 2017, nom. pro-inval.
Original name, rank & spelling	:			Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, K., Caceres, E.F., Saw, J.H., Bäckström, D., Juzokaite, L., Vancaester, E., Seitz, K.W., Anantharaman, K., Starnawski, P., Kjeldsen, K.U., Stott, M.B., Nunoura, T., Banfield, J.F., Schramm, A., Baker, B.J., Spang, A. & Ettema, T.J.G. 2017. Nature 541 (7637): 354 ("We decided to name this archaeal clade Asgard"), 355 ("We propose ... superphylum status for Asgard"), 357 ("candidate superphylum, designated Asgard archaea").

Etymology

Derived from

Asgard (Region) (Norse mythology)

Ref: K. Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka et al., 2017: 354 ("after the realm of the gods in Norse mythology"). [new]

Effectively, but not pro-validly, published name (nom. pro-inval.) [ICNP, 2025: Rules 67, 68 (Candidatus)]

Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [21 Nov 2025]; 21 Nov 2025. [indirect]