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Protoseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Protoseris was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: J u]. Its type is Protoseris waltoni.

It was assigned to Calamophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Protoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Protoseris Wells
2002Protoseris Sepkoski

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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

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. †Protoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Protoseris jaccardi Koby 1886
Protoseris placenta Quenstedt 1881
Protoseris recurvata Ogilvie 1897
Protoseris robusta Becker 1875
Protoseris suevica Becker 1875
Protoseris waltoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available