Crenarchaeota
Scientific classification
Domain*:Archaea
Phylum:Crenarchaeota
Classes
(see text)
* Or kingdom (see discussion in Archea)

Creanarchaeota is a phylum of Archaea containing many extremely thermophilic organisms.

This phylum contains:

  • Thermoprotei
    • Caldisphaerales
      • Caldisphaeraceae
    • Cenarchaeales
      • Cenarchaeaceae
    • Desulfurococcales
      • Desulfurococcaceae
      • Pyrodictiaceae
    • Sulfolobales
      • Sulfolobaceae
    • Thermoproteales
      • Thermofiliaceae
      • Thermoproteaceae