Swiftia
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Family: | Plexauridae |
Genus: | Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti , 1864 [1] |
Species | |
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Swiftia is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.
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Species
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]
- Swiftia africana (Kükenthal, 1919)
- Swiftia borealis (Kramp, 1930)
- Swiftia casta (Verrill, 1883)
- Swiftia comauensis Breedy, Cairns & Haussermann, 2015
- Swiftia dubia (Thomson, 1929)
- Swiftia exserta (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Swiftia farallonesica Williams & Breedy, 2016
- Swiftia kofoidi (Nutting, 1909)
- Swiftia koreni (Studer, 1889)
- Swiftia miniata (Valenciennes, 1855)
- Swiftia pacifica (Nutting, 1912)
- Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970
- Swiftia pourtalesii Deichmann, 1936
- Swiftia rosea (Grieg, 1887)
- Swiftia sibogae (Nutting, 1910)
- Swiftia simplex (Nutting, 1909)
- Swiftia spauldingi (Nutting, 1909)
- Swiftia studeri (Nutting, 1910)
- Swiftia torreyi (Nutting, 1909)
References
[edit]- ^ a b van Ofwegen, Leen (2011). "Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-13.