Polycyathus

Polycyathus
Polycyathus muellerae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
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

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

1. 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.
2. Polycyathus. WORMS. Accessed 2 July 2018.