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 ↓

white-edged nudibranch 1
Fjordia capensis
purple lady 2
Paraflabellina funeka
candy nudibranch 1
Cuthona speciosa
Four-colour Nudibranch 3
Godiva quadricolor
orange-eyed nudibranch 1
Cratena capensis
Sea Swallow 4
Glaucus atlanticus
Cape silvertip nudibranch 5
Janolus capensis
Gasflame Nudibranch 3
Bonisa nakaza
frilled nudibranch 3
Leminda millecra
red-spotted nudibranch 3
Goniobranchus heatherae
Cape Dorid 3
Hypselodoris capensis
Two-coloured halgerda 6
Halgerda dichromis
cow nudibranch 1
Gargamella bovina
variable dorid 7
Aphelodoris brunnea
Warty Doris 2
Doris verrucosa
black nudibranch 8
Tambja capensis
Ghost Nudibranch 8
Lecithophorus capensis
blue speckled nudibranch 1
Dendrodoris caesia

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