Polycyathus
| Polycyathus | |
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| Polycyathus muellerae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Caryophylliidae |
| Genus: | Polycyathus Duncan, 1876 |
| Species | |
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Polycyathus is a genus of small corals in the order Scleractinia, the stony corals. Most species occur in the Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
[edit]Species in the genus include:[2]
- Polycyathus andamanensis Alcock, 1893
- Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876
- Polycyathus chaishanensis Lin et al., 2012[1]
- Polycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889
- Polycyathus fulvus Wijsman-Best, 1970
- Polycyathus furanaensis Verheij & Best, 1987
- Polycyathus fuscomarginatus (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Polycyathus hodgsoni Verheij & Best, 1987
- Polycyathus hondaensis (Durham & Barnard, 1952)
- Polycyathus isabela Wells, 1982
- Polycyathus marigondoni Verheij & Best, 1987
- Polycyathus mayae Cairns, 2000
- Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959)
- Polycyathus norfolkensis Cairns, 1995
- Polycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999
- Polycyathus palifera (Verrill, 1869)
- Polycyathus persicus (Duncan, 1876)
- Polycyathus senegalensis Chevalier, 1966
- Polycyathus verrilli Duncan, 1889
References
[edit]- 1 2 Lin, M., et al. (2012). A new shallow-water species, Polycyathus chaishanensis sp. nov. (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae), from Chaishan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Zoological Studies 51(2) 213-21.
- ↑ Polycyathus. WORMS. Accessed 2 July 2018.
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