WoRMS taxon details
Polymyces Cairns, 1979
267758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267758)
accepted
Genus
Rhizotrochus fragilis Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Polymyces fragilis (Pourtalès, 1868) (type by original designation)
- Species Polymyces fragilis (Pourtalès, 1868)
- Species Polymyces montereyensis (Durham, 1947)
- Species Polymyces wellsi Cairns, 1991
- Species Polymyces tannerensis (Durham & Barnard, 1852) accepted as Polymyces montereyensis (Durham, 1947) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors 
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Depth range 69-1203 m
Depth range 69-1203 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Polymyces Cairns, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267758 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
