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Life → Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species. Explore the principal ranks; intermediate clades remain in Advanced classification.
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NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.
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Classification list
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Prochlorococcus marinus
Species
Prochlorococcus marinus profile ↗
- LifeLife
- DomainBacteria
- KingdomBacillati
- PhylumCyanobacteriota
- ClassCyanophyceae
- OrderSynechococcales
- FamilyProchlorococcaceae
- GenusProchlorococcus
- SpeciesProchlorococcus marinus
Advanced classification
Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.
- cellular organisms cellular root
- Bacteria domain
- Bacillati kingdom
- Cyanobacteriota/Melainabacteria group clade
- Cyanobacteriota phylum
- Cyanophyceae class
- Synechococcales order
- Prochlorococcaceae family
- Prochlorococcus genus
- Prochlorococcus marinus species