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Polycyathus
Sign in to savePolycyathus is a genus of small corals in the order Scleractinia, the stony corals. Most species occur in the Pacific Ocean.
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KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHexacorallia
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyCaryophylliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 94
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Caryophylliidae
- Collections
- USNM, SIO, ALMNH
- Recorded in
- Australia, Portugal, Madagascar, Spain, Palau, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia
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- Caryophylliidae
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- Polycyathus muellerae.jpg
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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.
==Species== Species in the genus include: Polycyathus andamanensis Alcock, 1893 Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876 Polycyathus chaishanensis Lin et al., 2012 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
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