Swiftia
Swiftia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

With tentacles spread for feeding

Species

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

  1. 1 2 van Ofwegen, Leen (2011). "Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-13.


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