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Protheelia geinitziana

Holothuroidea - Theeliidae

Taxonomy
Chirodota geinitziana was named by Spandel (1898). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is the type species of Protheelia.

It was recombined as Chiridotites geinitzianus by Deflandre-Rigaud (1950) and Deflandre-Rigaud (1952); it was recombined as Protheelia geinitziana by Deflandre-Rigaud (1962), Frizzell and Exline (1966), Soodan (1991) and Reich (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Chirodota geinitziana Spandel p. 44
1950Chiridotites geinitzianus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 19 figs. figs 14-16
1952Chiridotites geinitzianus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 9
1962Protheelia geinitziana Deflandre-Rigaud p. 95
1966Protheelia geinitziana Frizzell and Exline p. U668 figs. fig. 533.6
1991Protheelia geinitziana Soodan p. 128
2007Protheelia geinitziana Reich p. 323

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
familyTheeliidae
genusProtheelia
speciesgeinitziana()

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.

†Protheelia geinitziana Spandel 1898
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Diagnosis
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