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Rocky Shores of Algoa Bay

This guide is being developed to help Nelson Mandela University students with the identification of rocky shore organisms around Port Elizabeth, in Algoa Bay and Seaview, in the Eastern Cape, on the South Coast of South Africa.
It is a 'work in progress' and will be continuously updated ...more ↓

Striped Topshell 1
Oxystele tabularis
Tiger Topshell 2
Oxystele tigrina
Turbo cidaris 3
Turbo cidaris natalensis 4
South African Turban 5
Turbo sarmaticus
Lunella coronata 6
Acanthochitona garnoti 7
giant chiton 3
Dinoplax gigas
Ischnochiton oniscus 4
tulip chiton 3
Chiton politus
Onithochiton literatus 8
Tuberculate Cuttlefish 9
Sepia tuberculata
Ram's Horn Squid 10
Spirula spirula
Common Octopus 11
Octopus vulgaris
Cape Giant Octopus 12
Enteroctopus magnificus
Greater Argonaut 13
Argonauta argo
Brown Argonaut 14
Argonauta hians
Cardita variegata 4
Thecalia concamerata 4
Dosinia lupinus orbignyi 4
Rock Oyster 15
Saccostrea cucullata
Striostrea margaritacea 7
Pinctada capensis 7
Fan Shell 6
Pinna muricata
Talochlamys multistriata 16
Limaria tuberculata 6
Brown Mussel 8
Perna perna
Choromytilus meridionalis 17
Deck Mussel 4
Septifer bilocularis
Striarca symmetrica 4
Barbatia obliquata 4
Dentalium regulare 18
Queubus jamesanus 19
Scarlet Seaspider 3
Nymphon signatum
Red-eyed Reef Crab 4
Eriphia smithii
toothed decorator crab 20
Acanthonyx dentatus
Western River Crab 21
Potamonautes perlatus
Thin-shelled Rock Crab 22
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
Shore Crab 23
Cyclograpsus punctatus
Red Rock Crab 24
Guinusia chabrus
Horned Ghost Crab 25
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
Ocypode madagascariensis 26
Pink Ghost Crab 27
Ocypode ryderi
Dardanus arrosor 28
pink hermit crab 29
Paguristes gamianus
Diogenes brevirostris 8
Yellow-footed Hermit Crab 8
Clibanarius virescens
Palaemon peringueyi 30
Southern Spiny Lobster 4
Palinurus gilchristi
Apohyale 31
Ischyromene 32
Grey Volcano Barnacle 33
Tetraclita serrata
Chthamalus dentatus 4
Octomeris angulosa 34
white dwarf barnacle 29
Notomegabalanus algicola
giant barnacle 4
Austromegabalanus cylindricus
Amphibalanus venustus 35
Euphrosine capensis
Orange Fire Worm 36
Eurythoe complanata
Arenicola loveni 34
Spirobranchus kraussii 1
Gunnarea capensis 33
Gunnarea gaimardi
Chaetopterus variopedatus 37
Anomastraea irregularis 34
Anomastrea irregularis 4
Actinia mandelae 7
sandy anemone 33
Bunodactis reynaudi
long-tentacled anemone 29
Anthopleura michaelseni
False Plum Anemone 29
Pseudactinia flagellifera
violet-spotted anemone 29
Anthostella stephensoni
Gyractis sesere 4
Korsaranthus natalensis 1
striped anemone 38
Anthothoe chilensis
Green Button Polyp 39
Palythoa mutuki
Zoanthus sansibaricus 39
Isozoanthus capensis 3
Alcyonium fauri 3
variable soft coral 29
Eleutherobia variabile
sun-burst soft coral 29
Malacacanthus capensis
Eunicella papillosa 3
Portuguese Man o' War 40
Physalia physalis
Blue Button 28
Porpita porpita
By-the-wind Sailor 41
Velella velella
noble coral 3
Stylaster nobilis
Spiny Sea Star 42
Marthasterias glacialis
Granular Sea Star 29
Fromia schultzei
Cobbled Sea Star 29
Calliaster baccatus
Granular Cushionstar 23
Patiriella dyscrita
Dwarf Cushion Star 43
Parvulastra exigua
Red Sea Star 9
Callopatiria granifera
basket star 29
Astrocladus euryale
elegant feather star 9
Tropiometra carinata
Stomopneustes variolaris 44
Cape sea urchin 45
Parechinus angulosus
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin 46
Echinometra mathaei
Collector Urchin 47
Tripneustes gratilla
Pseudocnella sykion 19
Neostichopus grammatus 48
Golfingia capensis 1
golf ball sponge 49
Tethya aurantium

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