Genus Polycyathus

Duncan, 1876

Polycyathus sp. (2)

Type species: Polycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1876

Total number of species estimated: 16.

Characteristics: Corallum colonial, cylindrical corallites basally united by a common coenosteum or by stolons. Septotheca costate. Three to four cycles of septa; pali present before all but last cycle; columella papillose.

Ecology: Species live in relatively shallow-water cave environments.

Range: Indo-Pacific.

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