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Protaeropoma

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Goniophyllidae

Taxonomy
Protaeropoma was named by Ting (1937). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Goniophyllidae by Hill (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Protaeropoma Ting
1956Protaeropoma Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderCystiphyllidaNicholson 1889
familyGoniophyllidaeDybowski 1873
genusProtaeropomaTing 1937

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Protaeropoma Ting 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available