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Polycyathus  Duncan, 1876
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53594

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderCaryophylliina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyCaryophylliidae Dana, 1846  
                         GenusPolycyathus Duncan, 1876  
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                            SpeciesPolycyathus andamanensis Alcock, 1893  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus fulvus Wijsman-Best, 1970  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus furanaensis Verheij and Best, 1987  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus fuscomarginatus (Klunzinger, 1879)  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus helenae   
                            SpeciesPolycyathus hodgsoni Verheij and Best, 1987  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus hondaensis (Durham and Barnard, 1952)  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus isabela Wells, 1982  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus marigondoni Verheij and Best, 1987  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959)  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus norfolkensis Cairns, 1995  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus palifera (Verrill, 1869)  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus persicus (Duncan, 1876)  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus senegalensis Chevalier, 1966  
                            SpeciesPolycyathus verrilli Duncan, 1889  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Polycyathus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, John W.   
  Publication Date: 1986   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)   
  Page(s): 69   
  Publisher: International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria   
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