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 ↓

Anomastraea irregularis ¹

Anomastrea irregularis ²

Actinia mandelae ³

sandy anemone ⁴
Bunodactis reynaudi

long-tentacled anemone ⁵
Anthopleura michaelseni

False Plum Anemone ⁵
Pseudactinia flagellifera

violet-spotted anemone ⁵
Anthostella stephensoni

Gyractis sesere ²

Korsaranthus natalensis ⁶

striped anemone ⁷
Anthothoe chilensis

Green Button Polyp ⁸
Palythoa mutuki

Zoanthus sansibaricus ⁸

Isozoanthus capensis ⁹

Alcyonium fauri ⁹

variable soft coral ⁵
Eleutherobia variabile

sun-burst soft coral ⁵
Malacacanthus capensis

Eunicella papillosa ⁹

Portuguese Man o' War ¹⁰
Physalia physalis

Blue Button ¹¹
Porpita porpita

By-the-wind Sailor ¹²
Velella velella

noble coral ⁹
Stylaster nobilis

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Rocky Shores of Algoa Bay

sandy anemone 4 Bunodactis reynaudi

long-tentacled anemone 5 Anthopleura michaelseni

False Plum Anemone 5 Pseudactinia flagellifera

violet-spotted anemone 5 Anthostella stephensoni

striped anemone 7 Anthothoe chilensis

Green Button Polyp 8 Palythoa mutuki

variable soft coral 5 Eleutherobia variabile

sun-burst soft coral 5 Malacacanthus capensis

Portuguese Man o' War 10 Physalia physalis

Blue Button 11 Porpita porpita

By-the-wind Sailor 12 Velella velella

noble coral 9 Stylaster nobilis