haloferax mucosum haloferax mucosum haloferax mucosum is a species of archaea in the family haloferacaceae. haloferax mucosum scientific classification domain: archaea kingdom: euryarchaeota class: halobacteria order: haloferacales family: haloferacaceae genus: haloferax species: h. mucosum binomial name haloferax mucosum(allen et al. 2008)