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 ↓

Actinia mandelae ¹

sandy anemone ²
Bunodactis reynaudi

long-tentacled anemone ³
Anthopleura michaelseni

False Plum Anemone ³
Pseudactinia flagellifera

violet-spotted anemone ³
Anthostella stephensoni

Gyractis sesere ⁴

Korsaranthus natalensis ⁵

striped anemone ⁶
Anthothoe chilensis

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Rocky Shores of Algoa Bay

Actinia mandelae 1

sandy anemone 2 Bunodactis reynaudi

long-tentacled anemone 3 Anthopleura michaelseni

False Plum Anemone 3 Pseudactinia flagellifera

violet-spotted anemone 3 Anthostella stephensoni

Gyractis sesere 4

Korsaranthus natalensis 5

striped anemone 6 Anthothoe chilensis