Entity:

Authorship

SN2000 author citation

Hauser, 1885/1980, nom. approb., nom. praeocc., nom. cons.

Eponymous persons

Proteus: ["Πρωτεύς"] Greek mythology: a sea god able to assume many shapes Ref: 2020-present: [7 May 2026]. ("Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, an ocean god able to change himself into different shapes")

Attributes

Approved name (Approved Lists: nom. approb.) [ICNP, 2019: Rules 24a, 33b]				Ref: Approved Lists, 1980.
Later homonym (nom. illeg.[: praeocc.]) [ICNP, 2019: Rule 51b(4) (<2001: prokaryotes/fungi/algae/protozoa/viruses)]				Ref: Li, 2024 ("later homonym of the protozoan genus name ... Müller, 1786"). [protozoa].
Conserved name (nom. cons.) [ICNP, 2022: Rule 56b]				Ref: Judicial Opinion 131. ≡

Types

Type of

Proteeae (Tribe) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [7 May 2026].

Variants

Pre-starting point name

Proteus (Genus) Hauser 1885 nom. inval.

Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [7 May 2026]. [implicit]

Homonyms

Senior homonym (allowed)	:	*Proteus* (Genus) Laurenti, 1768		Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [7 May 2026] (Shipunov, 2011; M. Crook, pers. comm. 19 Aug 2021); 9 Apr 2019.
Junior homonym (allowed)	:	*Proteus* (Moon) Voyager Science Team, 1989		Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [<18 Dec 2025].

Synonyms

Including

Cosenzaea (Genus) Giammanco et al. 2011

Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [7 May 2026] ("heterotypic").