URMO taxon details
Polycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889
286835 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286835)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Duncan PM. (1889). On the Madreporaria of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnaean Society, London.</em> 21: 1-25., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb00967.x [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Polycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286835 on 2025-06-12
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Polycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286835 on 2025-06-12
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Duncan PM. (1889). On the Madreporaria of the Mergui Archipelago collected for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Dr. John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnaean Society, London.</em> 21: 1-25., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1886.tb00967.x [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best, M. (1970). A new species of Polycyathus Duncan, 1876 from New Caledonia and a new record of Polycyathus senegalensis Chevalier, 1966 (Madreporaria). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 17: 79-84.
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 23 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Wijsman-Best, M. (1970). A new species of Polycyathus Duncan, 1876 from New Caledonia and a new record of Polycyathus senegalensis Chevalier, 1966 (Madreporaria). <em>Beaufortia.</em> 17: 79-84.
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 23 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]
