Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea > Suborder Holaxonia > Family Plexauridae > Genus Swiftia

Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SwiftiaDuchassaing & Michelotti, 1864accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: northern sea fan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English-United States: Northern Sea Fan

Literature

basis of record

van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105

additional source

Watling, L., P. Auster (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296.

additional source

Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (5 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125401

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2004-12-21 by Leen van Ofwegen

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