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Duncan, 1876
Very special thanks for his photo to Dr. Peter Wirtz.
Dr. Wirtz has taken this photo at Ascension Island, in a shallow depth of 10 meters.
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres from the coast of West-Africa and 2,250 kilometres from the coast of Brazil.
Polycyathus atlanticus is an azooxanthellate coral, that feed on plankton, some species of Polycyathus live in dark unterwater caves.
Known species:
Polycyathus andamanicus
Polycyathus atlanticus
Polycyathus difficilis
Polycyathus fulvus
Polycyathus furanaensis
Polycyathus fuscomarginatus
Polycyathus hodgsoni
Polycyathus hondaensis
Polycyathus isabela
Polycyathus marigondoni
Polycyathus mayae
Polycyathus muellerae
Polycyathus norfolkensis
Polycyathus octuplus
Polycyathus palifera
Polycyathus persicus
Polycyathus senegalensis
Polycyathus verrilli
Synonyms:
Agelecyathus helenae Duncan, 1876
Agelecyathus helenae var. minor Duncan, 1876
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Polycyathus (Genus) > Polycyathus atlanticus (Species)
Very special thanks for his photo to Dr. Peter Wirtz.
Dr. Wirtz has taken this photo at Ascension Island, in a shallow depth of 10 meters.
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres from the coast of West-Africa and 2,250 kilometres from the coast of Brazil.
Polycyathus atlanticus is an azooxanthellate coral, that feed on plankton, some species of Polycyathus live in dark unterwater caves.
Known species:
Polycyathus andamanicus
Polycyathus atlanticus
Polycyathus difficilis
Polycyathus fulvus
Polycyathus furanaensis
Polycyathus fuscomarginatus
Polycyathus hodgsoni
Polycyathus hondaensis
Polycyathus isabela
Polycyathus marigondoni
Polycyathus mayae
Polycyathus muellerae
Polycyathus norfolkensis
Polycyathus octuplus
Polycyathus palifera
Polycyathus persicus
Polycyathus senegalensis
Polycyathus verrilli
Synonyms:
Agelecyathus helenae Duncan, 1876
Agelecyathus helenae var. minor Duncan, 1876
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Polycyathus (Genus) > Polycyathus atlanticus (Species)