MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polycyathus Duncan, 1876

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Polycyathus Duncan, 1876

AphiaID

135098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135098)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846

Original name

Polycyathus Duncan, 1876

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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

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

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. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 44: 428-442, pls. 38-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29099627#page/524/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Polycyathus Duncan, 1876. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135098 on 2025-04-22

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Polycyathus Duncan, 1876. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135098 on 2025-04-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2010-08-18 00:01:05Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2010-09-15 23:16:22Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2019-10-13 06:34:19Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-22 09:54:19Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-06-25 18:38:53Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

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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. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. [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

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. Micronesica. 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. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium. 1, 567-571.
page(s): 567, 569 [details]

additional source Pillai CSG. (1972). Stony corals of the seas around India. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969. Marine Biological Association of India Symposium. 5: 191-216. [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]

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]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region. 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir. 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors

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