living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Prokaryotae see Superkingdom Prokarya
     Kingdom Monera Haeckel 1866 see Domain Bacteria Woese et al. 1990
       Division Cyanophycota see Phylum Cyanobacteria (ex Stanier 1974) Cavalier-Smith 2002
         Class Cyanophyceae Schaffner (1909) see Class Cyanobacteria Cavalier-Smith, 2002
           Order Pleurocapsales Geitler (1925) see Order Pleurocapsales Cavalier-Smith 2002
             Family Pleurocapsaceae see Family II
               Genus Pleurocapsa G. Thuret in F. Hauck 1885 [ICBN]