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 ↓

Turbo cidaris natalensis ¹

South African Turban ²
Turbo sarmaticus

Lunella coronata ³

Acanthochitona garnoti ⁴

giant chiton ⁵
Dinoplax gigas

Ischnochiton oniscus ¹

tulip chiton ⁵
Chiton politus

Onithochiton literatus ⁶

Tuberculate Cuttlefish ⁷
Sepia tuberculata

Ram's Horn Squid ⁸
Spirula spirula

Common Octopus ⁹
Octopus vulgaris

Cape Giant Octopus ¹⁰
Enteroctopus magnificus

Greater Argonaut ¹¹
Argonauta argo

Brown Argonaut ¹²
Argonauta hians

Cardita variegata ¹

Thecalia concamerata ¹

Dosinia lupinus orbignyi ¹

Rock Oyster ¹³
Saccostrea cucullata

Striostrea margaritacea ⁴

Pinctada capensis ⁴

Fan Shell ³
Pinna muricata

Talochlamys multistriata ¹⁴

Limaria tuberculata ³

Brown Mussel ⁶
Perna perna

Choromytilus meridionalis ¹⁵

Deck Mussel ¹
Septifer bilocularis

Striarca symmetrica ¹

Barbatia obliquata ¹

Dentalium regulare ¹⁶

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Rocky Shores of Algoa Bay

South African Turban 2 Turbo sarmaticus

giant chiton 5 Dinoplax gigas

tulip chiton 5 Chiton politus

Tuberculate Cuttlefish 7 Sepia tuberculata

Ram's Horn Squid 8 Spirula spirula

Common Octopus 9 Octopus vulgaris

Cape Giant Octopus 10 Enteroctopus magnificus

Greater Argonaut 11 Argonauta argo

Brown Argonaut 12 Argonauta hians

Rock Oyster 13 Saccostrea cucullata

Fan Shell 3 Pinna muricata

Brown Mussel 6 Perna perna

Deck Mussel 1 Septifer bilocularis