{{Short description|Genus of corals}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Swiftia.jpg | image_caption = ''Swiftia'' sp. | taxon = Swiftia | authority = Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 <ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=van Ofwegen, Leen |year=2011 |title=''Swiftia'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 |id=125314 |accessdate=2014-12-13 |db=}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{center|See text}} }}
'''''Swiftia''''' is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae. thumb|right|With tentacles spread for feeding
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:<ref name=WoRMS/> {{columns-list|colwidth=25em|1= *''Swiftia africana''<small> (Kükenthal, 1919)</small> *''Swiftia borealis''<small> (Kramp, 1930)</small> *''Swiftia casta''<small> (Verrill, 1883)</small> *''Swiftia comauensis'' <small>Breedy, Cairns & Haussermann, 2015</small> *''Swiftia dubia''<small> (Thomson, 1929)</small> *''Swiftia exserta''<small> (Ellis & Solander, 1786)</small> *''Swiftia farallonesica'' <small>Williams & Breedy, 2016</small> *''Swiftia kofoidi''<small> (Nutting, 1909)</small> *''Swiftia koreni''<small> (Studer, 1889)</small> *''Swiftia miniata''<small> (Valenciennes, 1855)</small> *''Swiftia pacifica'' <small>(Nutting, 1912)</small> *''Swiftia pallida''<small> Madsen, 1970</small> *''Swiftia pourtalesii''<small> Deichmann, 1936</small> *''Swiftia rosea''<small> (Grieg, 1887)</small> *''Swiftia sibogae''<small> (Nutting, 1910)</small> *''Swiftia simplex'' <small>(Nutting, 1909)</small> *''Swiftia spauldingi''<small> (Nutting, 1909)</small> *''Swiftia studeri''<small> (Nutting, 1910)</small> *''Swiftia torreyi'' <small>(Nutting, 1909)</small> }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Plexauridae Category:Octocorallia genera
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