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Swiftia rosea

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is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean including Scandinavia, Great Britain and Ireland. This sea fan also occurs in deep water on the continental shelf off the Atlantic coast of North America. It is typically found in cold waters within the depth range 30 to 400 metres (98 to 1,312 ft) in
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are in two rows on the thicker branches but near the tips they are closer together and more disordered. The colour of this sea fan is dark red. The polyps are colourless and cannot be retracted back into the branches. This sea fan resembles the closely related but rather less common
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Colonies of this sea fan are usually 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in) high. There is usually a single main stem with a few branches at an angle to the main stem but in a single plane. The
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localities with good water flow. In suitable habitats, populations can be quite dense.
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Octocorallia
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Swiftia
Binomial name
Synonyms
species
octocoral
family
Plexauridae
polyps
Swiftia pallida


"Swiftia rosea (Grieg, 1887)"
World Register of Marine Species


"Stenogorgia rosea"
"Swiftia pallida"
Advances in Marine Biology
ISBN
978-0-12-385530-5
Taxon identifiers
Wikidata

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