title: Polycyathus
text: # Polycyathus
  
  Polycyathus is a genus of small corals in the order Scleractinia, the stony corals. Most species occur in the Pacific Ocean.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species in the genus include:
  
  * Polycyathus andamanensis Alcock, 1893
  * Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876
  * Polycyathus chaishanensis Lin et al., 2012
  * Polycyathus difficilis Duncan, 1889
  * Polycyathus fulvus Wijsman-Best, 1970
  * Polycyathus furanaensis Verheij & Best, 1987
  * Polycyathus fuscomarginatus (Klunzinger, 1879)
  * Polycyathus hodgsoni Verheij & Best, 1987
  * Polycyathus hondaensis (Durham & Barnard, 1952)
  * Polycyathus isabela Wells, 1982
  * Polycyathus marigondoni Verheij & Best, 1987
  * Polycyathus mayae Cairns, 2000
  * Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959)
  * Polycyathus norfolkensis Cairns, 1995
  * Polycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999
  * Polycyathus palifera (Verrill, 1869)
  * Polycyathus persicus (Duncan, 1876)
  * Polycyathus senegalensis Chevalier, 1966
  * Polycyathus verrilli Duncan, 1889
  