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Protoseris placenta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina placenta was named by Quenstedt (1881).

It was recombined as Protoseris placenta by Geyer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. incerta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Meandrina placenta Quenstedt
1954Protoseris placenta Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusProtoserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesplacenta(Quenstedt 1881)

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.

†Protoseris placenta Quenstedt 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available