Scleractinia taxon details
Protaraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 †
1511802 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1511802)
accepted
Genus
Porites vetustus Hall, 1847 † accepted as Protaraea vetustus (Hall, 1847) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Protaraea bella Sokolov, 1955 †
- Species Protaraea cutleri Leith, 1952 †
- Species Protaraea guijangensis Lin, 1965 †
- Species Protaraea ingnanensis Lin, 1965 †
- Species Protaraea procella Mõtus, 2012 †
- Species Protaraea richmondensis Foerste, 1909 †
- Species Protaraea vetustus (Hall, 1847) †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Protaraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1511802 on 2026-02-08
original description
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1851). Monographie des polypiers fossiles des terrains palaeozoïques, précédée d'un tableau général de la classification des polypes. <em>Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Archives.</em> 5: 1–502, 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25098869 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1851) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 7. Monographie des Poritides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 16: 21-70. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1851) Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 7. Monographie des Poritides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3, 16: 21-70. [details]
