WoRMS taxon details
Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970
AphiaID: 125401
AphiaID: 125401
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Plexauridae (Family) > Swiftia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 | |||||||
| Sources |
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 (look up in IMIS) [details] 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. [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Host of |
Pseudanthessius thorellii (Brady & Robertson D., 1875) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Doridicola agilis Leydig, 1853 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||
| Links | Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125401 | |||||||
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| Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125401 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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