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Why are there no gram-positive archaea species but there are gram-positive bacteria species

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There are no gram-positive archaea because archaea lack peptidoglycan in their cell walls, meaning that the archaic cell walls are more similar to gram-negative bacterial walls, although they do show a greater variety of cell wall types. And bacteria do have this.

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