Polycyathus atlanticus
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Cairns, Stephen
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286834 on 2026-08-03
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2022-12-31T10:56:23Z
replaces: 508436
replaces: 508437
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876
class: Hexacorallia
family: Caryophylliidae
genus: Polycyathus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in year: 1876
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 135098
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Duncan, 1876
specific epithet: atlanticus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted