Protoptilidae
creator: Williams, Gary
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-11
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Protoptilidae Kölliker, 1872
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Protoptilidae Kölliker, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128485 on 2026-08-11
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-11-02T03:55:04Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Protoptilidae Kölliker, 1872
class: Octocorallia
family: Protoptilidae
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Kölliker, A. (1872). Anatomisch-systematische Beschreibung der Alcyonarien. Erste Abtheilung: Die Pennatuliden. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. VII. VIII.:1-458.
name published in year: 1872
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 1609360
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Kölliker, 1872
taxon rank: Family
taxonomic status: accepted