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Protoheterastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Taxonomy
Protoheterastrea was named by Wells (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 919]. It is not extant. Its type is Hexastraea leonhardi.

It was corrected as Protoheterastraea by Stanley and Onoue (2015).

It was assigned to Protoheterstraeidae by Roniewicz and Michalik (2002); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Protoheterastraeidae by Stanley and Onoue (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Protoheterastrea Wells
2002Protoheterastrea Roniewicz and Michalik p. 151
2002Protoheterastrea Sepkoski
2015Protoheterastraea Stanley and Onoue p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyProtoheterastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusProtoheterastreaWells 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. †Protoheterastrea Wells 1937
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Protoheterastrea minor Turnsek and Buser 1989
Protoheterastrea trnovensis Turnsek et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available