WoRMS taxon details
Polycyathus Duncan, 1876
135098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135098)
accepted
Genus
Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876 (type by monotypy)
Agelecyathus Duncan, 1876 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species Polycyathus andamanensis Alcock, 1893
Species Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876
Species Polycyathus chaishanensis Lin, Kitahara, Tachikawa, Keshavmurthy & Chen, 2012
Species Polycyathus crosnieri Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
Species Polycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889
Species Polycyathus fulvus Wijsman-Best, 1970
Species Polycyathus furanaensis Verheij & Best, 1987
Species Polycyathus fuscomarginatus (Klunzinger, 1879)
Species Polycyathus hodgsoni Verheij & Best, 1987
Species Polycyathus hondaensis (Durham & Barnard, 1952)
Species Polycyathus isabela Wells, 1982
Species Polycyathus marigondoni Verheij & Best, 1987
Species Polycyathus mayae Cairns, 2000
Species Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959)
Species Polycyathus norfolkensis Cairns, 1995
Species Polycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999
Species Polycyathus palifera (Verrill, 1870)
Species Polycyathus persicus (Duncan, 1876)
Species Polycyathus senegalensis Chevalier, 1966
Species Polycyathus verrilli Duncan, 1889
Species Polycyathus banyulensis Best, 1968 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Polycyathus conceptus (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938) accepted as Paracyathus conceptus Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
Species Polycyathus mediterraneus Best, 1968 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Polycyathus pallidus (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Polycyathus fuscomarginatus (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876
Species Polycyathus chaishanensis Lin, Kitahara, Tachikawa, Keshavmurthy & Chen, 2012
Species Polycyathus crosnieri Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
Species Polycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889
Species Polycyathus fulvus Wijsman-Best, 1970
Species Polycyathus furanaensis Verheij & Best, 1987
Species Polycyathus fuscomarginatus (Klunzinger, 1879)
Species Polycyathus hodgsoni Verheij & Best, 1987
Species Polycyathus hondaensis (Durham & Barnard, 1952)
Species Polycyathus isabela Wells, 1982
Species Polycyathus marigondoni Verheij & Best, 1987
Species Polycyathus mayae Cairns, 2000
Species Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959)
Species Polycyathus norfolkensis Cairns, 1995
Species Polycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999
Species Polycyathus palifera (Verrill, 1870)
Species Polycyathus persicus (Duncan, 1876)
Species Polycyathus senegalensis Chevalier, 1966
Species Polycyathus verrilli Duncan, 1889
Species Polycyathus banyulensis Best, 1968 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Polycyathus conceptus (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938) accepted as Paracyathus conceptus Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
Species Polycyathus mediterraneus Best, 1968 accepted as Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Polycyathus pallidus (Klunzinger, 1879) accepted as Polycyathus fuscomarginatus (Klunzinger, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
Depth range 0-441 m
Taxonomy Placed in family Rhizangiidae according to Best (1987)
Depth range 0-441 m [details]
Taxonomy Placed in family Rhizangiidae according to Best (1987)
Taxonomy Placed in family Rhizangiidae according to Best (1987) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2023). World List of Scleractinia. Polycyathus Duncan, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135098 on 2023-06-07
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original description
Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Agelecyathus Duncan, 1876) Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 135 [details]
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Hudson, M. M.; da Silveira, F. L.; Migotto, A. E.; Pinto, S. M.; Longo, L. (2002). Cnidarians of Saint Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, Northeast Brazil. <em>Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1, 567-571.
page(s): 567, 569 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Saldanha, L. (1976). Sclératiniaires récoltés en plongée au Portugal et dans les archipels de Madère et des Açores. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais, 16, 91-114
page(s): 92, 93, 94, 105-106 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details]
original description (of Agelecyathus Duncan, 1876) Duncan PM. (1876). Notices of some Deep-sea and Littoral Corals from the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Indian, New-Zealand, Persian Gulf, and Japanese &c. Seas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em> [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 135 [details]
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Hudson, M. M.; da Silveira, F. L.; Migotto, A. E.; Pinto, S. M.; Longo, L. (2002). Cnidarians of Saint Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, Northeast Brazil. <em>Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 1, 567-571.
page(s): 567, 569 [details]
additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. <em>Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium.</em> 5: 191-216. [details]
additional source Zibrowius, H.; Saldanha, L. (1976). Sclératiniaires récoltés en plongée au Portugal et dans les archipels de Madère et des Açores. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais, 16, 91-114
page(s): 92, 93, 94, 105-106 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 125: 1-235. [details]
redescription Cairns SD. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
