Polycyathus
Polycyathus | |
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Polycyathus muellerae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
- Alcock, 1893
- Duncan, 1876
- Lin et al., 2012[1]
- Duncan, 1889
- Wijsman-Best, 1970
- Verheij & Best, 1987
- (Klunzinger, 1879)
- Verheij & Best, 1987
- (Durham & Barnard, 1952)
- Wells, 1982
- Verheij & Best, 1987
- Cairns, 2000
- Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959)
- Cairns, 1995
- Cairns, 1999
- (Verrill, 1869)
- (Duncan, 1876)
- Chevalier, 1966
- Duncan, 1889
References[]
- ^ a b 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.
Categories:
- Caryophylliidae
- Scleractinia genera
- Scleractinia stubs