Swiftia

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Swiftia
Swiftia.jpg
Swiftia sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Family: Plexauridae
Genus: Swiftia
Duchassaing &  [it], 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]

  • (Kükenthal, 1919)
  • (Kramp, 1930)
  • (Verrill, 1883)
  • Swiftia comauensis Breedy, Cairns & Haussermann, 2015
  • (Thomson, 1929)
  • (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  • Williams & Breedy, 2016
  • (Nutting, 1909)
  • (Studer, 1889)
  • (Valenciennes, 1855)
  • (Nutting, 1912)
  • Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970
  • Deichmann, 1936
  • Swiftia rosea (Grieg, 1887)
  • (Nutting, 1910)
  • (Nutting, 1909)
  • (Nutting, 1909)
  • (Nutting, 1910)
  • (Nutting, 1909)

References[]

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


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