Swiftia casta

Swiftia casta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Holaxonia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Holaxonia

Familia: Plexauridae
Genus: Swiftia
Species: Swiftia casta

Name

Swiftia casta (Verrill, 1883): 30

• Types: Hypotype YPM IZ 010115.CN; Station 318, in 337 fathoms, N. Lat. 31° 48' 50", W. Long. 77° 51' 50"; see Deichmann, 1936: 187

Synonyms (1)

• Stenogorgia casta Verrill, 1883 (original combination)

References

Primary references

• Verrill, A.E. 1883. Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 11: 1-72, plates I-VIII. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Deichmann, E. 1936. The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 53: 1–308, 37 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 187]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Swiftia casta – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Swiftia casta.
• ION