Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Familia: Caryophylliidae
Subfamilia: Caryophylliinae
Genera: Polycyathus
Species: P. andamanensis – P. atlanticus – P. chaishanensis – P. difficilis – P. fulvus – P. furanaensis – P. fuscomarginatus – P. hodgsoni – P. hondaensis – P. isabela – P. marigondoni – P. mayae – P. muellerae – P. norfolkensis – P. octuplus – P. palifera – P. persicus – P. senegalensis – P. verrilli
Name
Polycyathus Duncan, 1876
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
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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