prokaryotes - bacteria see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval.
   Domain "Bacteria" Woese et al. 1990 stat. inval. see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 2024
     Phylum "Verrucomicrobia" Hedlund 2012 stat. inval. see Phylum Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021
       Class Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998 [monotypic]
         Order Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996
           1 Family Akkermansiaceae Hedlund and Derrien 2012 [monotypic]
           2 Family Rubritaleaceae Hedlund 2012 [monotypic]
           3 Family Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996
           4 Genus Limisphaera Anders et al. 2015, incertae sedis