Why are archaea classified as prokaryotes? Biology Microorganisms Archaea 1 Answer Dr Birendra Kumar Mishra Dec 17, 2016 The Bacteria and Archaea, are prokaryotic. Explanation: The group of Bacteria comprises all the prokaryotic Bacteria. The remaining domain of Archaea comprise the rest of the prokaryotes. The Bacteria and Archaea, are prokaryotic. The kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista are eukaryotic. Answer link Related questions Why are archaea in a different domain from bacteria? What are the archaea? What is an organism? What are extremophiles? Do archaebacteria have a cell wall? What are archaeal cells? How are bacteria and archaea similar? What does the prefix "ARCHEA" mean? What are archaebacteria? Which is older: 'virus' or 'archaea'? See all questions in Archaea Impact of this question 2410 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License