Taxa

Euryarchaeota

Phylum

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Euryarchaeota." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-euryarchaeota.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Euryarchaeota. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-euryarchaeota

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-euryarchaeota,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Euryarchaeota},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-euryarchaeota},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

The most physiologically diverse recognized phylum of archaea, including the methanogens that produce methane as a metabolic byproduct in oxygen-free environments such as wetlands and animal digestive tracts, and the halophiles that thrive in extremely salty water such as the Dead Sea and evaporation ponds.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

1000 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Phylum / Division 1

Scientific Name

Euryarchaeota 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Child Taxon Of

Archaea

Source Catalogue of Life

Sources

1. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source

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