Topographical map Cape Peninsula and False Bay2

Marine species distribution reference map Southern Africa

The list of marine animals of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay is a list of

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and shore-based species that form a part of the fauna of South Africa. This list includes animals which either live entirely marine lives, or which spend critical parts of their lives at sea. The geographical range is from Bloubergstrand at the north of Table Bay to

Cape Hangklip Pringle Bay ( af, Pringlebaai) is a small, affluent coastal village in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, in South Africa. It is situated at the foot of Hangklip, on the opposite side of False Bay from Cape Point. The town and surrounds are p ...

, the south eastern limit of False Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa and includes the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area and the

Helderberg Marine Protected Area The Helderberg Marine Protected Area is a small marine conservation area on the north-eastern side of False Bay in the Western Cape province of South Africa, It lies between the mouths of the Lourens River in the Strand, and the Eerste River in ...

Sponges

Calcarea – lime sponges

Order Leucosolenida Family

Sycettidae Sycettidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida. References *http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131617 accessed 11 November 2010''Sycettidae''at Encyclopedia of Life The ''Encyclopedia of Life'' ( ...

* Hairy tube sponge, ''

Sycon ''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges The calcareous sponges of class Calcarea are members of the animal phylum Porifera, the cellular sponges. They are characterized by spicules made of calcium carbonate in the form of calcite or ar ...

'' spp. (Saldanha Bay to Kosi Bay)Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E (2005): ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' Family Leucosoleniidae * Branching ball sponge, ''

Leucosolenia ''Leucosolenia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Leucosoleniidae. Species of this genus usually appear as groups of curved vases, up to 2 cm long, each ending in an osculum. The overall shape is sometimes likened to ...

'' sp. (Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas) * Tube sponge, ''Leucosolenia'' sp. (Port Nolloth to Sodwana Bay)

Demospongiae – fibre or horny sponges

Order Astrophorida Family Ancorinidae * Grey wall sponge, ''Stelletta agulhana'' Lendenfield, 1907 (Northern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal)Samaai, T. and Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. ''Afr. Nat. Hist''. 1(1):1–96 Order Hadromerida Family Clionaidae * Rosetted sponge, '' Cliona'' aff. ''celata'' (Namibia to Cape Peninsula) * Boring sponge, '' Cliona celata'' Grant, 1826 (Luderitz to Durban) Family Polymastiidae * Teat-sponge, '' Polymastia mamillaris'' (Müller, 1806) (Saldanha Bay to Port St. Johns) * Atlantic teat-sponge, '' Polymastia atlantica'' Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Luderitz to Cape Peninsula) Family

Trachycladidae Trachycladidae is a family of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha.van Soest, R. (2015)Trachycladida.In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; ...

* Orange wall sponge, ''Trachycladus spinispirulifera'' (Carter, 1879) (Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas) Family

Suberitidae Suberitidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. Genera *Suberites *Homaxinella *Rhizaxinella *Caulospongia *Pseudospongosorites *Aaptos ... References

Suberitidae, Sponge families {{demosponge-stub ...

* Dusty sponge, '' Suberites'' aff. ''ficus'' (both side of the Cape Peninsula, also southern Namibia, Mediterranean, Pacific and north Atlantic) Family

Tethyidae Tethyidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Tethyida. ReferencesTethyidae
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Golf ball sponge, ''

Tethya aurantium ''Tethya aurantium'', also known as the golf ball sponge or orange puffball sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Tethyidae. It is spherical in shape, with a warty surface, and grows to about 10 cm in diameter. Oscula a ...

'' (Luderitz to Durban) Order

Halichondrida Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponge Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide (World Porifera Database). ...

Family

Halichondriidae Halichondriidae is a family of sea sponges belonging to the order Suberitida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern. Genera The following genera are recognised in the fam ...

*Crumb-of-bread-sponge, ''

Hymeniacidon perlevis The crumb-of-bread sponge (''Hymeniacidon perlevis'') is a species of sea sponge in the class Class or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), ...

'' (Montagu, 1818) (Northern Cape to Port St. Johns, also north Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Pacific) Order Poecilosclerida Family

Chondropsidae Chondropsidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida. Genera: * '' Batzella'' Topsent, 1893 * '' Chondropsis'' Carter, 1886 * '' Phoriospongia'' Marshall, 1880 * '' Psammoclema'' Marshall, 1880 * ''Strongylacidon ''Strong ...

* Scroll sponge, '' Chondropsis'' sp. (Olifants River to Cape Peninsula) Family

Crambeidae Crambeidae is a family of marine demosponges. Identification of members of this family of sponges is based on microscopic examination of the spicules in their skeleton. The megascleres consist of peripheral thinner subtylostyles and thicker c ...

* Stellar sponge, ''

Crambe acuata Crambe is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Crambeidae. Species * '' Crambe acuata'' (Lévi, 1958) * '' Crambe amarilla'' Esteves, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2007 * '' Crambe chilensis'' Esteves, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2007 * ''Crambe cramb ...

'' (Lévi, 1958) syn. ''Crambe chelastra'' (Luderitz to Cape Peninsula) Family

Latrunculiidae Latrunculiidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Poecilosclerida Poecilosclerida is an order of the demosponge class. It is the most speciose demosponge order with over 2200 species (World Porifera Database). It contains about 25 re ...

* Vented sponge, ''Latrunculia (Biannulata) spinispiraefera'' Brøndsted, 1924 (Angola to Durban) Family

Isodictyidae Isodictyidae is a family of marine demosponges. Genera Genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification ...

* Brain sponge, ''Isodictya elastica'' (Vosmaer, 1880) (West Coast to Port Elizabeth)(Luderitz to Cape Point) * Flat leaf sponge, ''Isodictya grandis'' (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) (West Coast to False Bay) * Fanned kelp sponge, '' Isodictya frondosa'' (Lévi, 1963) (Orange river to Cape Point) Family Microcionidae *

Broad-bladed tree sponge ''Clathria dayi'', the broad-bladed tree sponge, is a species of demosponge Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwid ...

, ''Clathria (Clathria) dayi'' Levi, 1963 (West Coast to the Cape Peninsula) * Red encrusting sponge, ''Clathria (Isociella) oudekraalensis'' Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Cape Peninsula) * Tree sponge, ''Echinoclathria dichotoma'' (Levi, 1963) (West Coast to Cape Agulhas) * Nodular sponge, ''

Clathria (Thalysias) hooperi ''Clathria'' is a large genus of demosponges in the family Microcionidae. Taxonomy ''Clathria'' was first formally named in Eduard Oscar Schmidt's 1862 ''Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres'' ("The sponges of the Adriatic Sea"). The type speci ...

'' Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Cape Peninsula) Family Desmacellidae * Yellow encrusting sponge, ''Biemna anisotoxa'' Levi, 1963 (West Coast to Port Elizabeth) Order Haplosclerida Family

Chalinidae Chalinidae is a family of marine demosponges, containing the following genera: * '' Chalinula'' Schmidt, 1868 * '' Cladocroce'' Topsent, 1892 * '' Dendrectilla'' Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 * '' Dendroxea'' Griessinger, 1971 * ''Haliclona ''Haliclon ...

* Turret sponge, ''Haliclona (Haliclona) anonyma'' (Stephens, 1915) (Cape Peninsula to Sodwana Bay) * Encrusting turret sponge, ''Haliclona (Haliclona) stilensis'' Burton, 1933 (West and South Coasts) Order

Dictyoceratida Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that make up the keratose or "horny" sponges, in which a mineral skeleton is ...

Family

Irciniidae Irciniidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Dictyoceratida Dictyoceratida is an order of sponges in the subclass Ceractinomorpha containing five families. Along with the Dendroceratida, it is one of the two orders of demosponges that ma ...

* Black stink sponge, ''Ircinia arbuscula'' (Hyatt, 1877) (syn. ''Sarcotragus australis'') (Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas, also Australia) * Sand cup sponge, ''Psammocinia cf. arenosa'' (Orange River to Cape Peninsula)

Cnidarians

Anthozoa

Hexacorallians

Order: Actiniaria – Anemones
Family

Halcampidae Halcampidae is a family of sea anemones. Members of this family usually live with their column buried in sand or other soft substrates. Genera Genera in the family include: * '' Acthelmis'' Lütken, 1875 * '' Cactosoma'' Danielssen, 1890 * '' Ca ...

* Brooding anemone, ''Halianthella annularis'' Carlgren, 1938 (Lamberts Bay to Cape Agulhas, endemic) Family

Sagartiidae Sagartiidae is a family of sea anemones. Genera Genera in the family include: * '' Actinothoe'' Fischer, 1889 * ''Anthothoe'' Carlgren, 1938 * '' Artemidactis'' Stephenson, 1918 * '' Botryon'' Carlgren & Hedgepeth, 1952 * '' Cancrisocia'' * '' ...

*Striped anemone, ''

Anthothoe chilensis ''Anthothoe chilensis'', or striped anemone, is a species of sea anemones in the family Sagartiidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' Description ''A ...

''(Lesson, 1830) (Luderitz to Richards Bay, also Argentina, Brazil, Chile and St. Helena) * Square-mouth striped anemone, '' Anthothoe'' sp. (False Bay) (still being described) Family Actiniidae *Violet-spotted anemone, ''

Anthostella stephensoni ''Anthostella stephensoni'', the violet-spotted anemone, is a species of sea anemone Sea anemones are a group of predation, predatory marine invertebrates of the order (biology), order Actiniaria. Because of their colourful appearance, they ...

'' Carlgren, 1938 (Luderitz to Richards Bay, endemic) *Dwarf-spotted anemone, ''

Anthostella ''Anthostella'' is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae Actiniidae is the largest family of sea anemones, to which most common, temperate, shore species belong. Most members of this family do not participate in symbioses with fi ...

'' n. sp. (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth, possibly endemic) (still being described) *

Knobbly anemone ''Bunodosoma capensis'', commonly known as the knobbly anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family (biology), family Actiniidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of ...

, ''Bunodosoma capensis'' (Lesson, 1830) (Luderitz to Durban) * False plum anemone, ''Pseudactinia flagellifera'' (Drayton in Dana, 1846) (Luderitz to Durban) * Long-tentacled anemone, ''Anthopleura michaelseni'' (Pax, 1920) (Luderitz to Durban) * Spinnaker anemone, ''Korsaranthus natalensis'' (Carlgren, 1938) (False Bay to Durban)Acuna F. & Griffiths C.L. 2004 Species richness, endemicity and distribution patterns of South African sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) ''Afr. Zoo.'' 39(2):193–200 * Sandy anemone, ''Bunodactis reynaudi'' (Milne-Edwards, 1857) (Luderitz to Durban) (syn. ''Aulactinia reynaudi'') * Clown anemone undescribed (False Bay)Jones, Georgina. ''A Field Guide to the Marine Animals of the Cape Peninsula.'' SURG, Cape Town, 2008. Family Preactiidae *

Walking anemone The walking anemone (''Preactis millardae''), also known as the hedgehog anemone or sock anemone, is a species of sea anemones in the order Actiniaria. It is the only member of its genus, ''Preactis.'' Description The walking anemone is an unu ...

, sock anemone ''Preactis millardae'' England in England & Robson, 1984 (Cape Peninsula) Family

Isanthidae Isanthidae is a small family of sea anemones in the class Anthozoa Anthozoa is a subphylum of marine invertebrates which includes the sea anemones, Scleractinia, stony corals and Alcyonacea, soft corals. Adult anthozoans are almost all attach ...

Ring-tentacle anemone The ring-tentacle anemone (''Isanthus capensis'') is a species of sea anemone in the family Isanthidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' Description ...

, ''Isanthus capensis'' Carlgren, 1938 (South African Atlantic coast) Order

Corallimorpharia Corallimorpharia is an order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony or reef building corals (Scleractinia). They occur in both temperate and tropical climates, although they are mostly tropical. Temperate forms tend to be very robust, wit ...

Family Corallimorphidae *Strawberry anemone, ''

Corynactis annulata ''Corynactis annulata'', or the strawberry anemone, is a bright pink colonial anthozoan similar in body form to sea anemones and scleractinia Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria ...

'' (Verrill, 1867) (Port Nolloth to Mossel Bay) Order

Zoanthids Zoanthids ( order Zoantharia also called Zoanthidea or Zoanthiniaria) are an order of cnidarians commonly found in coral reefs, the deep sea and many other marine environments around the world. These animals come in a variety of different coloniz ...

Family

Parazoanthidae Parazoanthidae is a family of cnidarians. Genera include: * '' Antipathozoanthus'' Sinniger, Reimer & Pawlowski, 2010 * ''Bergia'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 * '' Bullagummizoanthus'' Sinniger, Ocaña & Baco, 2013 * '' Churabana'' gen. nov. ...

Cape zoanthid The Cape zoanthid (''Isozoanthus capensis'') is a species of zoanthid in the family Parazoanthidae Parazoanthidae is a family of cnidarians. Genera include: * '' Antipathozoanthus'' Sinniger, Reimer & Pawlowski, 2010 * ''Bergia'' Duchassain ...

, ''Isozoanthus capensis'' (Cape Peninsula to Port St Johns) * Sponge zoanthid, '' Parazoanthus'' sp. (False Bay) Order Cerianthids
Family Cerianthidae *

Burrowing anemone The burrowing anemone (''Ceriantheopsis austroafricanus'') is a species of tube-dwelling anemone in the family Cerianthidae Cerianthidae is a family of tube-dwelling anemones in the order Spirularia of the subclass Ceriantharia. Genera The ...

, ''Ceriantheopsis austroafricanus'' Molodtsova, Griffiths and Acuna 2012 (False Bay and Hermanus) *White burrowing anemone ''

Ceriantheopsis nikitai ''Ceriantheopsis'' is a genus of tube-dwelling anemones in the family Cerianthidae. Members of the genus are found only in the Atlantic Ocean. They are predators, scavengers and omnivores.Molodtsova T. N., Griffiths C. L., Acuna F.H. 2011. A new ...

'' Molodtsova, 2001 (Table Bay)

Octocorallians

Order Scleractinia
Family Dendrophylliidae *

Cup coral Cup coral may refer to several different taxa of coral including: * '' Balanophyllia bonaespei'', a species in the family Dendrophylliidae * '' Turbinaria'', a genus in the family Dendrophylliidae {{Short pages monitor {{DEFAULTSORT:Marine animals Cape Peninsula and False Bay Fauna of the Atlantic Ocean Fauna of South Africa Lists of biota of South Africa Lists of animals Marine biodiversity of South Africa