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This is a list of green
seaweeds Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of '' Rhodophyta'' (red), ''Phaeophyta'' (brown) and ''Chlorophyta'' (green) macroalgae. Seaweed species such as ...
recorded from the
oceans The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the worl ...
bordering South Africa. This list comprises locally used
common names In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contra ...
,
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with author citation and recorded
ranges In the Hebrew Bible and in the Old Testament, the word ranges has two very different meanings. Leviticus In Leviticus 11:35, ranges probably means a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the Hebrew word here is in the dual number; or perhaps ...
. Ranges specified may not be the entire known range for the species, but should include the known range within the waters surrounding the Republic of South Africa. List ordering and
taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
complies where possible with the current usage in
Algaebase AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass. History AlgaeBase began in March 1996, founded by Michael Guiry. Text was copied from this source, which is avai ...
, and may differ from the cited source, as listed citations are primarily for range or existence of records for the region. Sub-taxa within any given
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are arranged alphabetically as a general rule. Details of each species may be available through the relevant internal links.
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may be listed where useful.


Class:

Bryopsidophyceae Bryopsidophyceae is an unaccepted class of chlorophyte green alga The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The la ...


Order:

Bryopsidales Bryopsidales is an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae. Characteristics The thallus is filamentous and much branched and may be packed into a mass. It is coenocytic, having multi-nucleate cells consisting of cytoplasm contained withi ...


Family:

Bryopsidaceae Bryopsidaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Bryopsidales Bryopsidales is an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae. Characteristics The thallus is filamentous and much branched and may be packed into a mass. It is coenocyt ...

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Bryopsis africana ''Bryopsis africana'' is a species of green alga from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stre ...
'' Areschoug, 1851, (Probably along the whole of the west Cape coast) *'' Bryopsis eckloniae'' Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997, (Muizenberg, endemic) *'' Bryopsis hypnoides'' Lamouroux, 1809c, (False Bay) *'' Bryopsis myosuroides'' Kützing 1856, (Plettenberg Bay eastward, as far north into KwaZulu-Natal as Rabbit Rock)Coppejans, E., Leliaert, F and Verbruggen, H. in De Clerck, O., Bolton, J.J., Anderson, R. J. & Coppejans, E. 2005. ''Guide to the Seaweeds of KwazZulu-Natal''. Scripta Botanica Belgica Volume 33. Joint publication of: National Botanical gardens of Belgium, VLIZ
Flanders Marine Institute The Flanders Marine Institute (Dutch: Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, VLIZ) provides a focal point for marine scientific research in Flanders, northern Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium ...
and Flemish Community. *''
Bryopsis plumosa ''Bryopsis plumosa'', sometimes known by the common names green algae or hen pen, is a type of green seaweed. Taxonomy This species was originally described by William Hudson under the name ''Ulva plumosa''. Distribution ''Bryopsis plumosa'' ...
'' (Hudson 1778) C.Agardh 1823, syn. ''Ulva plumosa'' Hudson 1778, (False Bay and eastward) *''
Pseudobryopsis hainanensis ''Pseudobryopsis'' is a genus 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, genus comes above species an ...
'' C.K.Tseng 1936, syn. ''Trichosolen hainanensis'' (C.K.Tseng) W.R.Taylor 1962, (KwaZulu-Natal from Mabibi northwards)


Family:

Caulerpaceae Caulerpaceae is a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales Bryopsidales is an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae. Characteristics The thallus is filamentous and much branched and may be packed into a mass. It is coenocyti ...

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Caulerpa bartoniae ''Caulerpa'' is a genus of seaweeds in the family Caulerpaceae (among the green algae). They are unusual because they consist of only one cell with many nuclei, making them among the biggest single cells in the world. A species in the Mediter ...
'' G. Murray, 1896, (Rare in Western Cape, Cape Hangklip and Muizenberg. Mainly from south coast. endemic) *'' Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia'' (Harvey) A.B.Cribb 1958, (extending into KwaZulu-Natal as far south as Protea Banks) *''
Caulerpa cupressoides ''Caulerpa cupressoides'', commonly known as cactus tree alga, is a species of seaweed in the '' Caulerpaceae'' family. Green alge of ''Caulerpa'' genus are salty and pungent in style and are consumed by several marine cultures around the world. ...
'' (West) C.Agardh 1817, syn. ''Fucus cupressoides'' H.West 1802, ''Chauvinia cupressoides'' (M.Vahl) Trevisan 1849, (KwaZulu Natal from Mabibi northwards) *Strap caulerpa ''
Caulerpa filiformis ''Caulerpa filiformis'' is a species of seaweed in the '' Caulerpaceae'' family. It has been recorded at coastal sites in Australia and South Africa. References filiformis Species described in 1841 {{Green algae-stub ...
'' (Suhr) Hering 1841, syn. ''Amphibolis filiformis'' Suhr 1834, ''Himandactylius filiformis'' (Suhr) Trevisan 1849, (False Bay to northern KwaZulu-Natal) *Feathery caulerpa ''
Caulerpa holmesiana ''Caulerpa'' is a genus of seaweeds in the family Caulerpaceae (among the green algae). They are unusual because they consist of only one cell with many nuclei, making them among the biggest single cells in the world. A species in the Mediter ...
'' G. Murray, 1891, (Mainly a south coast species. the westernmost records at Cape of Good Hope, endemic) *''
Caulerpa mexicana ''Caulerpa'' is a genus of seaweeds in the family Caulerpaceae (among the green algae). They are unusual because they consist of only one cell with many nuclei, making them among the biggest single cells in the world. A species in the Mediter ...
'' Sonder ex Kützing 1849, syn. ''Caulerpa crassifolia'' f. ''mexicana'' (Sonder ex Kützing) J.Agardh 1873, ''Caulerpa pinnata'' f. ''mexicana'' (Sonder ex Kützing) Weber-van Bosse 1898, (KwaZulu-Natal coast from Aliwal shoal northwards) *'' Caulerpa nummularia'' Harvey ex J.Agardh 1873, syn. ''Caulerpa peltata'' var. ''nummularia'' (Harvey ex J.Agardh) Weber-van Bosse 1898, ''Caulerpa racemosa'' var. ''nummularia'' (Harvey ex J.Agardh) D.Dixit 1926, (Sodwana Bay) *'' Caulerpa peltata'' J.V.Lamouroux 1809, syn. ''Ahnfeldtia peltata'' (J.V.Lamouroux) Trevisan, ''Chauvinia peltata'' (J.V.Lamouroux) Kützing 1849, ''Caulerpa racemosa'' var. ''peltata'' (J.V.Lamouroux) Eubank 1944, ''Caulerpa laetevirens'' Montagne 1842, ''Chauvinia laetevirens'' (Montagne) Trevisan 1849, ''Caulerpa racemosa'' var. ''laetevirens'' (Montagne) Weber-van Bosse 1898, (as ''C.racemosa'' var. ''laetevirens''. Port Alfred northwards. As ''C.racemosa'' var. ''peltata'', Durban northwards) *''
Caulerpa racemosa ''Caulerpa racemosa'' is a species of edible green alga, a seaweed in the family Caulerpaceae. It is commonly known as sea grapes (along with the related ''Caulerpa lentillifera'') and is found in many areas of shallow sea around the world. There ...
'' var. ''lamourouxii'' (Turner) Weber-van Bosse 1898, ''Ahnfeldtia lamourouxii'' (C.Agardh) Trevisan 1849, ''Fucus lamourouxii'' Turner 1811, ''Chauvinia clavifera'' var. ''lamourouxii'' (Turner) Kützing 1849, (St Lucia northwards) *'' Caulerpa scalpelliformis'' var. ''intermedia'' Weber-van Bosse 1898, syn. ''Caulerpa scalpelliformis'' f. ''intermedia'' (Weber-van Bosse) Svedelius 1906, (KwaZulu-Natal from Mission Rocks northward) *'' Caulerpa serrulata'' var. ''hummii'' (Díaz-Piferrer) Farghaly 1980, syn. ''Caulerpa hummii'' Díaz-Piferrer 1969, (Sodwana Bay northwards) *''
Caulerpa taxifolia ''Caulerpa taxifolia'' is a species of green seaweed, an alga of the genus ''Caulerpa'', native to tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean Sea. The species name ''taxifolia'' arises from the resemblance of its leaf-like ...
'' f. ''asplenoides'' (Greville) Weber-van Bosse 1898, syn. ''Caulerpa asplenioides'' Greville 1853, (KwaZulu-Natal coast from Aliwal shoal northwards) *''
Caulerpa webbiana ''Caulerpa webbiana'', commonly known as bottlebrush green seaweed, is a species of seaweed in the family '' Caulerpaceae''. The seaweed has an olive green to bright green thallus that spreads outward to around forming dense clumps on coral ru ...
'' Montagne 1837, syn. ''Chauvinia webbiana'' (Montagne) Kützing 1849, (Sodwana Bay northwards) *'' Caulerpa zeyheri'' Kützing 1857, syn. ''Caulerpa racemosa'' var. ''zeyheri'' (Kützing) Weber-van Bosse 1898, (Haga Haga north of East London northwards into Mozambique)


Family:

Codiaceae Codiaceae is a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales. Genera * † '' Abacella'' Maslov * '' Appeninocodium'' O.Dragastan * ''Arabicodium'' G.F.Elliott * '' Bevocastria'' E.J.Garwood * '' Botryella'' V.P.Shuysky * '' Boueina'' F ...

*'' Codium capitatum'' P.C.Silva 1959, (Port St. Johns northward) *Duthie's upright codium '' Codium duthieae'' Silva in Silva & Womersley, 1956, (Mainly a south and east coast species, westwards as far as Langebaan logoon.)(From Namibia along the entire South African coast) *Hairy upright codium '' Codium extricatum'' Silva 1959a, (Cape Agulhas to southern KwaZulu-Natal, endemic) *Fragile upright codium ''
Codium fragile ''Codium fragile'', known commonly as green sea fingers, dead man's fingers, felty fingers,
Intertidal ...
'' subsp. ''fragile'' (Suringar) Hariot 1889, syn''Codium fragile'' (Suringar) Hariot subsp. ''capense'' Silva 1959a, ''Acanthocodium fragile'' Suringar 1867, (Whole of Cape west coast and most of Namibia, Eastward as far as Robberg, Plettenberg Bay) *'' Codium isaacii'' Silva, 1959a, (Namibia to Cape Peninsula, endemic) *Lucas' codium '' Codium lucasii'' Setchell subsp. ''capense'' Silva 1959a, (Strand, False Bay to southern Mozambique) *'' Codium megalophysum'' P.C.Silva 1959, (Port Elizabeth to Isipingo, endemic) *'' Codium mozambiquense'' P.C.Silva 1959, (Port Edward northward into Mozambique, Southern African endemic) *'' Codium papenfussii'' Silva, 1959a, (West coast of Cape Peninsula to southern KwaZulu-Natal, single specimen from Sodwana Bay, endemic) *Flat-lobed codium '' Codium platylobium'' Areschoug 1854, (False Bay to mouth of Mtwalume river in KwaZulu-Natal) *'' Codium prostratum'' Levring 1938, (Dwesa, south of Port St. Johns northward into Mozambique) *Stephens' codium '' Codium stephensiae'' Dickinson 1932, (St Helena Bay to Transkei, endemic)


Family: Derbesiaceae

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Derbesia hollenbergii ''Derbesia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Derbesiaceae. The plant was originally known from different names applied to its larger sporophyte, ''Derbesia'', and its less conspicuous gametophyte, ''Halicystis''. ''Derbesia'' was successf ...
'' Taylor 1945, (Muizenberg and Strandfontein, False Bay, and Eastern Cape and Transkei) *'' Derbesia marina'' (
Lyngbye Hans Christian Lyngbye (29 June 1782 – 18 May 1837) was a Danish priest and Botany, botanist, specialising in algae. Life Hans Christian Lyngbye was born in Aalborg, Denmark, in 1782, the son of a teacher, Jens Michelsen Lyngbye. He attended the ...
) Solier 1846, syn. ''Vaucheria marina'' Lyngbye 1819, (Muizenberg, False Bay, and Eastern Cape and Transkei)


Family Halimedaceae

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Halimeda cuneata ''Halimeda'' is a genus of green macroalgae. The algal body (thallus) is composed of calcified green segments. Calcium carbonate is deposited in its tissues, making it inedible to most herbivores. However one species, ''Halimeda tuna'', was descr ...
'' Hering in Krauss 1846, (Cape St. Francis eastwards to Mozambique) *'' Halimeda gracilis'' Harvey ex J.Agardh 1887, (Northern Kwazulu-Natal) *'' Halimeda tuna'' (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux 1816, syn. ''Halimeda tuna'' var. ''typica'', ''Corallina tuna'' J.Ellis & Solander 1768, (Northern KwZulu-Natal)


Family:

Udoteaceae Udoteaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Bryopsidales. Description Udoteaceae is a family of green algae that belongs to the order Bryopsidales. Udoteaceae are most abundant in reef ecosystems as it serves an important ecological ...

*'' Chlorodesmis'' sp. indet (Oudekraal, Cape Peninsula, endemic) *'' Chlorodesmis hildebrandtii'' A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp 1911, (North Kwazulu-Natal from Rabbit Rock northwards) *'' Pseudocodium devriesii'' Weber-van Bosse 1896, (East London eastward into Mozambique) *'' Pseudocodium floridanum'' Dawes & Mathieson 1972, (Sodwana Bay area) *'' Udotea orientalis'' A.Gepp & E.S.Gepp 1911, syn. ''Rhipidosiphon orientalis'' (A.Gepp & E.Gepp) Farghaly 1980, (Hluleka northwards into Mozambique)


Class: Chlorophyceae


Order: Chaetophorales


Family: Chaetophoraceae

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Acrochaete ''Acrochaete'' is a genus of marine green algae of the family Ulvellaceae Ulvellaceae is a family of green algae in the order Ulvales Ulvales is an order of green alga The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the ...
'' sp. indet (Glencairn (
False Bay False Bay (Afrikaans ''Valsbaai'') is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the extreme south-west of South Africa. The mouth of the bay faces south and is demarcat ...
) and
De Hoop nature reserve De Hoop Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It lies three hours from Cape Town in the Overberg region, near Cape Agulhas, the southern tip of Africa. Approximately in area, it is one of the largest ...
) *'' Stromatella'' sp. indet (
Hondeklipbaai Hondeklip Bay ( af, Hondeklipbaai, which translates as ''dog stone bay'') is a coastal village in the Namakwa district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It lies about 95 km south west of the district capital Springbok. This vi ...
to
Yzerfontein Yzerfontein, or Ysterfontein, is a small harbour town with about 1200 inhabitants on the west coast of South Africa about 90 km north of Cape Town. The name in Afrikaans means "Iron Fountain".The town started out when the farm 'Yzerfontein' ...
)


Family: Chroolepidaceae

*'' Sporocladopsis novae-zelandiae'' Chapman, 1949 (Yzerfonten to East London)


Class Dasycladophyceae


Order

Dasycladales Dasycladales is an order of large unicellular green algae in the class Ulvophyceae. It contains two families, the Dasycladaceae and the Polyphysaceae. These single celled algae are from 2 mm to 200 mm long. They live on substrates ...


Family

Dasycladaceae The Dasycladaceae is one of the two extant families of green algae of the order Dasycladales. When found in Palaeozoic limestones, they typically indicate depositional depth of less than 5m.See the NCBI The National Center for Biotechnology ...

*'' Bornetella nitida'' Munier-Chalmas ex Sonder in Mueller 1880, (Northern KwaZulu-Natal) *'' Dasycladus ramosus'' Y.M.Chamberlain 1958, (Northern KwaZulu-Natal into Mozambique) *'' Neomeris vanbosseae'' M.A.Howe 1909, (Northern KwaZulu-Natal)


Class Siphonocladophyceae


Order Siphonocladales


Family

Siphonocladaceae Siphonocladaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Cladophorales.See the NCBI The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institut ...

*'' Chamaedoris auriculata'' Børgesen 1933, (no range specified) *'' Chamaedoris delphinii'' (Hariot) Feldmann & Børgesen in Borgesen 1940, syn. ''Siphonocladus delphinii'' Hariot 1902, (Port Alfred northwards) *'' Dictyosphaeria cavernosa'' (Forsskål) Børgesen 1932, syn. ''Ulva cavernosa'' Forsskål 1775, (Island Rock to Bhanga Nek in northern KwaZulu-Natal) *'' Dictyosphaeria versluysii'' Weber-van Bosse 1905, (Island Rock northwards)


Family

Boodleaceae Boodleaceae is a family of green algae in the order Cladophorales Cladophorales are an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae The Ulvophyceae or ulvophytes are a class of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastru ...

*'' Boodlea composita'' (Harvey) F.Brand 1904, syn. ''Conferva composita'' Harvey 1834, ''Cladophora composita'' (Harvey) Kützing 1849, ''Aegagropila composita'' (Harvey) Kützing 1854, (Sodwana Bay) *'' Phyllodictyon anastomosans'' (Harvey) Kraft & M.J.Wynne 1996, syn. ''Cladophora anastomosans'' Harvey 1859, ''Pterodictyon anastomosans'' (Harvey) J.E.Gray 1866, ''Struvea anastomosans'' (Harvey) Piccone & Grunow ex Piccone 1884, (Sodwana Bay)


Family

Valoniaceae Valoniaceae is a family of green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes ...

*'' Valonia macrophysa'' Kützing 1843, (Morgan Bay northward) *'' Valoniopsis pachynema'' (G.Martens) Børgesen 1934, syn. ''Bryopsis pachynema'' G.Martens 1866, ''Valonia pachynema'' (G.Martens) Weber-van Bosse 1913, (St Lucia northward)


Class:

Ulvophyceae The Ulvophyceae or ulvophytes are a class of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology, life cycle and molecular phylogenetic data.Graham LE, Graham JM, Wilcox LW (2009) ''Algae''. 2nd Edition. Benjamin Cummin ...


Order:

Cladophorales Cladophorales are an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae The Ulvophyceae or ulvophytes are a class of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology, life cycle and molecular phylogenetic data.Graham L ...


Family

Anadyomenaceae Anadyomenaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Cladophorales.See the NCBI The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes ...

*'' Anadyomene wrightii'' Harvey ex J.E.Gray 1866, (Shelly Beach northward) *'' Microdictyon kraussii'' J.E.Gray 1866, (Shelly beach northward into Mozambique)


Family:

Cladophoraceae Cladophoraceae are a family of green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryoph ...

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Chaetomorpha antennina ''Chaetomorpha antennina'' is a species of green algae of the family ''Cladophoraceae Cladophoraceae are a family of green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sist ...
'' (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kützing 1847, syn. ''Conferva antennina'' Bory de Saint-Vincent 1804, (Port Edward northwards) *'' Chaetomorpha aerea'' (Dillwyn) Kützing 1849, syn. ''Conferva aerea'' Dillwyn 1806, ''Chloronitum aerea'' (Dillwyn) Gaillon 1828, (False Bay to Cape Agulhas) *''
Chaetomorpha capillaris ''Chaetomorpha'' is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae.Guiry, M. D. (2004)''Chaetomorpha''.''In:'' Guiry, M. D. & Guiry, G. M. (2017). AlgaeBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2017. Members of thi ...
'' (Kützing) Børgesen 1925, syn. ''Rhizoclonium capillare'' Kützing 1847, (Kraalbaai, Langebaan lagoon) *'' Chaetomorpha ligustica'' (Kützing) Kützing 1849, syn. ''Conferva ligustica'' Kützing 1843, ''Rhizoclonium lubricum'' Setchell & Gardner in Gardner 1919, (Kraalbaai, Langebaan Lagoon) *Hair weed ''
Chaetomorpha linum ''Chaetomorpha linum'' is a species of green algae in the family ''Cladophoraceae''. ''Chaetomorpha linum'' and '' Chaetomorpha aerea'' are considered by some authors to be conspecific.Burrows, E.M. 1991. ''Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume ...
'' (O.F.Müller) Kützing 1845, syn. ''Conferva linum'' O.F.Müller 1778, ''Lychaete linum'' (O.F.Müller) Areschoug 1851, (Kalk Bay and Simon's Town harbours) *Robust hair-weed '' Chaetomorpha robusta'' (Areschoug) Papenfuss 1940, syn. ''Lychaete robusta'' Areschoug 1851, (Namibia to Hermanus) *''
Chaetomorpha ''Chaetomorpha'' is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae.Guiry, M. D. (2004)''Chaetomorpha''.''In:'' Guiry, M. D. & Guiry, G. M. (2017). AlgaeBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 August 2017. Members of thi ...
'' sp. indet, (Clovelly, False Bay) *Cape cladophora '' Cladophora capensis'' (C.Agardh) De Toni 1889, syn. ''Conferva capensis'' C.Agardh 1824, (Namibia to southern Cape Peninsula) *Turf cladophora '' Cladophora contexta'' Levring 1938, (Olifantsbos to Lüderitz) *'' Cladophora dalmatica'' Kuetzing 1843, (Glencairn, False Bay) *Blue whip cladophora '' Cladophora flagelliformis'' (Suhr) Kützing 1849, syn. ''Conferva flagelliformis'' Suhr 1840, ''Lychaete flagelliformis'' (Suhr) Areschoug 1851, (Brandfontein to Namibia) *'' Cladophora herpestica'' (Montagne) Kützing 1849, syn. ''Conferva herpestica'' Montagne 1842, ''Aegagropila herpestica'' (Montagne) Kützing 1854, ''Cladophoropsis herpestica'' (Montagne) M.A.Howe 1914, (as ''Cladophoropsis herpestica'', sporadically in South African east coast north of Trafalgar in south KwaZulu-Natal) *'' Cladophora horii'' Hoek & M.Chihara 2000, (The Bluff in Durban, northwards) *'' Cladophora isaacii'' Simons 1960, (Port Nolloth to Cape Hangklip) *'' Cladophora mirabilis'' (C.Agardh) Rabenhorst in Hohenacker 1852, syn. ''Conferva mirabilis'' C.Agardh 1820, (Cape Hangklip to Cape Fria, Namibia) *'' Cladophora ordinata'' (Børgesen) C.Hoek 1982, syn. ''Willeella ordinata'' Børgesen 1930, (Mkambati (north of Port St Johns) northwards) *'' Cladophora prolifera'' (Roth) Kützing 1843, syn. ''Conferva prolifera'' Roth 1797, ''Chloronitum proliferum'' (Roth) Gallion 1828, ''Chantransia prolifera'' (Roth) Chevalier 1836, ''Cladophora rugulosa'' G.Martens 1866, (Port Alfred northwards) *'' Cladophora radiosa'' (Suhr) Kützing 1889, syn. ''Conferva radiosa'' Suhr 1834, (Table Bay eastwards to Cape Morgan) *'' Cladophora sericia'' (Hudson) Kützing 1843, syn. ''Conferva sericea'' Hudson 1762, ''Chloronitum sericeum'' (Hudson) Gallion 1928, (Cape Peninsula north to Melkbosstrand, east to De Hoop nature reserve) *'' Cladophora vagabunda'' (Linnaeus) Hoek 1963, syn. ''Conferva vagabunda'' Linnaeus 1753, ''Ceramium vagabundum'' (Linnaeus) Roth 1800, (Sodwana Bay and Bhanga Neck in northern KwaZulu-Natal) *''
Cladophora ''Cladophora'' is a genus of reticulated filamentous Ulvophyceae (green algae). The genus ''Cladophora'' contains many species that are very hard to tell apart and classify, mainly because of the great variation in their appearances, which is a ...
'' sp. indet. (Clovelly to Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula) *'' Rhizoclonium implexum'' (Dillwyn) Kützing 1845, SYN. ''Conferva implexa'' Dillwyn 1809, ''Rhizoclonium riparium'' var. ''implexum'' (Dillwyn) Rosenvinge 1893, (Kraalbaai, Langebaan lagoon and Clovelly, Cape Peninsula) *''
Rhizoclonium riparium ''Rhizoclonium'' is a genus of green algae in the family Cladophoraceae Cladophoraceae are a family of green algae The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contain ...
'' (Roth) Harvey 1849, syn. ''Conferva riparia'' Roth 1806, ''Tiresias riparia'' (Roth) Areschoug 1851, (Kraalbaai and Kowie estuary)


Order: Codiolales


Family: Acrosiphoniaceae

*'' Urospora media'' Levring 1938, ( Port Nolloth and Groenrivier)


Order:

Ulotrichales Ulotrichales is an order of green algae in the class Ulvophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Ulotrichales Data extracted from the Genera unplaced to family (''incertae sedis''): *'' Trichosarcina'' Families * '' Binucleariaceae'' * '' Collin ...


Family:

Ulotrichaceae Ulotrichaceae is a family of green algae in the order Ulotrichales Ulotrichales is an order of green algae in the class Ulvophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Ulotrichales Data extracted from the Genera unplaced to family (''incertae sedis ...

*'' Ulothrix flacca'' (Dillwyn) Thuret in Le Jolis 1863, syn. ''Conferva flacca'' Dillwyn 1805, ''Lyngbya flacca'' (Dillwyn) Harvey 1849, (
Cape Peninsula The Cape Peninsula ( af, Kaapse Skiereiland) is a generally mountainous peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of ...
and
False Bay False Bay (Afrikaans ''Valsbaai'') is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the extreme south-west of South Africa. The mouth of the bay faces south and is demarcat ...
)Stegenga, H., Bolton, J.J., & Anderson, R.J. 1997. ''Seaweeds of the South African West Coast''. Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town. *'' Ulothrix speciosa'' (Carmichael) Kützing 1849, syn ''Ulothrix zonata'' var. ''speciosa'' (Carmichael) Stockmayer, ''Lyngbya speciosa'' Carmichael 1833, ''Hormotrichum speciosum'' (Carmichael) P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan 1852, ''Urospora speciosa'' (Carmichael) Leblond ex G.Hamel 1931, (Known from a single collection at
Kalk Bay Kalk Bay (Afrikaans: ''Kalkbaai'') is a fishing village on the coast of False Bay, South Africa and is now a suburb of greater Cape Town. It lies between the ocean and sharply rising mountainous heights that are buttressed by crags of grey Table M ...
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Order:

Ulvales Ulvales is an order of green alga The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have e ...


Family:

Ulvaceae Ulvaceae () is a widely distributed family of thin green algae having either a flat or a hollow tubular thallus, reproducing by the conjugation of planogametes or of zoospores, and being classed among the Ulotrichales or now more commonly placed ...

*'' Blidingia marginata'' (J.Agardh) P.J.L.Dangeard 1958, syn. ''Enteromorpha marginata'' J.Agardh 1842, ''Enteromorpha nana'' var. ''marginata'' (J.Agardh) V.J.Chapman 1956, (Kraalbaai, Langebaan lagoon) *''
Blidingia minima ''Blidingia minima'' is a species of seaweed in the Kornmanniaceae family. It was described by Johann Kylin in 1947. Description The species is long by wide and is light green in colour. It fronds are tubular with it cell arrangement being i ...
'' (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin 1947, syn. ''Enteromorpha minima'' Nägeli ex Kützing 1849, ''Enteromorpha compressa'' var. ''minima'' (Nägeli ex Hauck) Hamel 1931, ''Enteromorpha nana'' var. ''minima'' (Nägeli ex Hauck) Sjøstedt 1939, (Kraalbaai, Langebaan lagoon to False Bay, and Eastern Cape) *'' Chloropelta caespitosa'' Tanner 1980, (Kalk Bay and Cape Hangklip) *'' Enteromorpha atroviridis'' (Levring) M.J.Wynne 1986, syn. ''Ulva atroviridis'' Levring 1938, (Namibia to Oudekraal, Cape Peninsula) *''
Percursaria percursa ''Percursaria percursa'' is a species of seaweed from the family Ulvaceae. The species type locality is Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmar ...
'' (C.Agardh) Rosenvinge 1893, syn. ''Zignoa percursa'' (C.Agardh) Trevisan, ''Conferva percursa'' C.Agardh 1817, ''Enteromorpha percursa'' (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1842, (Cape Peninsula - Glencairn, Scarborough, Mouille Point) *'' Ulva flexuosa'' Wulfen 1803, syn. ''Enteromorpha flexuosa'' (Wulfen) J.Agardh 1883, (Muizenberg and Dalebrook, False Bay and Eastern Cape) *'' Ulva intestinalis'' Linnaeus 1753, syn. ''Conferva intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Roth 1797, ''Tetraspora intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Desvaux 1818, ''Scytosiphon intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819, ''Enteromorpha intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Nees 1820, ''Fistularia intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Greville 1824, ''Solenia intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1824, ''Ilea intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Leiblein 1827, ''Hydrosolen intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Martius 1833, ''Ulva enteromorpha'' var. ''intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Le Jolis 1863, ''Ulva bulbosa'' var. ''intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Hariot 1889, ''Enteromorpha compressa'' var. ''intestinalis'' (Linnaeus) Hamel 1931, (Widespread on west and south coasts, along entire South African coast) *''
Ulva lactuca ''Ulva lactuca'', also known by the common name sea lettuce, is an edible green alga in the family Ulvaceae. It is the type species of the genus ''Ulva''. A synonym is ''U. fenestrata'', referring to its "windowed" or "holed" appearance. Descrip ...
'' Linnaeus 1753, syn. ''Phyllona lactuca'' (Linnaeus) F.H.Wiggers 1780, ''Ulva fasciata'' Delile 1813, (Saldanha Bay, False Bay eastwards into Mozambique) *'' Ulva linza'' Linnaeus 1753, syn. ''Solenia linza'' (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1824, ''Enteronia linza'' (Linnaeus) Chevallier 1836, ''Phycoseris linza'' (Linnaeus) Kützing 1843, ''Enteromorpha linza'' (Linnaeus) J.Agardh 1883, (Namibia to False Bay) *'' Ulva prolifera'' O.F.Müller 1778, syn. ''Ulva enteromorpha'' f. ''prolifera'' (O.F.Müller) Van Heurck, ''Ulva compressa'' var. ''prolifera'' (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh 1823, ''Enteromorpha compressa'' var. ''prolifera'' (O.F.Müller) Greville 1830, ''Enteromorpha prolifera'' (O.F.Müller) J.Agardh 1883, (Namibia to Eastern Cape) *'' Ulva rhacodes'' (Holmes) Papenfuss 1960, syn. ''Enteromorpha rhacodes'' Holmes 1894, (False Bay to Eastern Cape) *Rigid sea lettuce '' Ulva rigida'' C.Agardh 1823, syn. ''Phycoseris rigida'' (C.Agardh) Kützing 1843, ''Ulva lactuca'' var. ''rigida'' (C.Agardh) Le Jolis 1863, (Cape Peninsula to tropical East Africa) *''
Ulva uncialis Ulva (; gd, Ulbha) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, off the west coast of Mull. It is separated from Mull by a narrow strait, and connected to the neighbouring island of Gometra by a bridge. Much of the island is formed fr ...
'' (Kützing) Montagne 1850, syn. ''Phycoseris uncialis'' Kützing 1849, ''Ulva capensis'' Areschoug 1851,Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=14493; searched on 27 February 2012 (Namibia to Cape Agulhas)


Family:

Ulvellaceae Ulvellaceae is a family of green algae in the order Ulvales Ulvales is an order of green alga The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and ...

*'' Ulvella'' sp. indet ( Port Nolloth to
Yzerfontein Yzerfontein, or Ysterfontein, is a small harbour town with about 1200 inhabitants on the west coast of South Africa about 90 km north of Cape Town. The name in Afrikaans means "Iron Fountain".The town started out when the farm 'Yzerfontein' ...
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See also

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Geographical position of places mentioned in species ranges

* Algoa Bay,
Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
, *
Aliwal shoal The Aliwal Shoal is a rocky reef which is the remains of an ancient sand dune approximately off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The reef is inhabited by many kinds of hard and soft corals and other marine invertebrates, and a variety o ...
,
KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
, * Arniston (Waenhuiskrans),
Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabitants in 2020 ...
, *
Betty's Bay Betty's Bay is a small holiday town situated on the Overberg coast of South Africa's Western Cape province. It is located 100 km from Cape Town beneath the Kogelberg Mountains on the scenic R44 ocean drive between Pringle Bay and Kleinmond. Th ...
, Western Cape, * Bhanga Neck, KwaZulu-Natal, * Bird Island, Eastern Cape, * Blaauwberg, Western Cape, *Black Rock, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, * Brandfontein, Western Cape, * Buffelsbaai (Cape Peninsula), Western Cape, * Buffelsbaai (west coast), Western Cape, * Buffelsbaai (south coast), Western Cape, *
Cape Agulhas Cape Agulhas (; pt, Cabo das Agulhas , "Cape of the Needles") is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is the geographic southern tip of the African continent and the beginning of the dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian ...
, Western Cape, *
Cape Columbine Cape Columbine is well known for its lighthouse, the last staffed lighthouse built on the South African coast The Cape Columbine Lighthouse was commissioned on October 1, 1936. Both the headland and lighthouse derive their name from the barque C ...
, Western Cape, *
Cape Frio Cabo Frio (, ''Cold Cape'') is a tourist destination located in the state of Rio de Janeiro state. It was founded by the Portuguese on November 13, 1615. The Brazilian coast runs east from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio where it turns sharply nort ...
, Namibia, *
Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is t ...
, Western Cape, (sometimes used historically to refer to the
Cape Province The Province of the Cape of Good Hope ( af, Provinsie Kaap die Goeie Hoop), commonly referred to as the Cape Province ( af, Kaapprovinsie) and colloquially as The Cape ( af, Die Kaap), was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequen ...
, or South Africa) *
Cape Peninsula The Cape Peninsula ( af, Kaapse Skiereiland) is a generally mountainous peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of ...
, Western Cape *
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 ...
, Western Cape, * Cape Infanta, Western Cape, *
Clovelly Clovelly () is a privately-owned harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The settlement and surrounding land belongs to John Rous who inherited it from his mother in 1983. He belongs to the Hamlyn family who have managed t ...
, False Bay, Western Cape, * Dalebrook, False Bay, Western Cape, * Danger Point, Western Cape, * De Hoop, Western Cape, (just west of Cape Infanta) *De Walle, ( Die Walle), (Just west of Agulhas) °'S °'E * Die Dam ( Quoin Point), Western Cape, *Doring Bay (
Doringbaai Doringbaai is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Doringbaai, previously known as Doornbaai, is a small fishing village. The main economic activity is the packaging and export of crayfish ...
), Western Cape, *
Durban Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, * Dwesa, Eastern Cape, * East London, Eastern Cape, *
False Bay False Bay (Afrikaans ''Valsbaai'') is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the extreme south-west of South Africa. The mouth of the bay faces south and is demarcat ...
, Western Cape, * Glencairn, False Bay, Western Cape, *Groenrivier (
Groen River The Green River or Groen River ( af, Groenrivier) is a river in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It originates in the Kamiesberge range and has a catchment area of about 4500 km2. The river mouth is located about 120 km NNW ...
), *Groot Bergrivier estuary (
Berg River The Berg River (also called Great Berg River or in Afrikaans: Bergrivier) is a river located just north of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is approximately 294 km (183 mi) long with a catchment area of 7,715& ...
,
Velddrif Velddrif (the name of the town) or Velddrift (the name of the farm on which the town was established), is a coastal fishing town in the Bergrivier Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. The town had a population 7800 in 2007 and is located ...
), Western Cape, *
Haga Haga Haga Haga is a village on the Eastern Cape Wild Coast of South Africa, 60 km east of East London. The village has been declared a conservancy owing to a number of rare indigenous species found in the area, such as the Cape clawless otte ...
, Eastern Cape (N of E.London) *The Haven, Eastern Cape, 150 km west of
Port St. Johns Port St. Johns (or Port Saint Johns) is a town of about 6,500 people on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the mouth of the Umzimvubu River, northeast of East London and east of Mthatha. Port St. Jo ...
, *
Hermanus Hermanus (originally called ''Hermanuspietersfontein'', but shortened in 1902 as the name was too long for the postal service
, Western Cape, * Hluleka, Eastern Cape, *
Hondeklipbaai Hondeklip Bay ( af, Hondeklipbaai, which translates as ''dog stone bay'') is a coastal village in the Namakwa district of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It lies about 95 km south west of the district capital Springbok. This vi ...
, Northern Cape, *
Hout Bay Hout Bay ( af, Houtbaai, meaning "Wood Bay") is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of Cape Town. The name "Hout Bay" can ...
, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, *
Isipingo Isipingo is a town situated south of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and currently forms part of eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. The town is named after the Siphingo River, which in turn is thought to be named (in the Zulu language) f ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, * Island Rock, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Kalk Bay Kalk Bay (Afrikaans: ''Kalkbaai'') is a fishing village on the coast of False Bay, South Africa and is now a suburb of greater Cape Town. It lies between the ocean and sharply rising mountainous heights that are buttressed by crags of grey Table M ...
, False Bay, Western Cape, *
Kei River The Great Kei River is a river in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Black Kei River and White Kei River, northeast of Cathcart. It flows for and ends in the Great Kei Estuary at the Indian Ocean wi ...
, Eastern Cape, *
Kenton-on-Sea Kenton-on-Sea, more commonly known as Kenton, is a small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is situated between the Bushmans and the Kariega Rivers, and lies approximately halfway between the industria ...
, Eastern Cape, * Keurboomstrand, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, *
Knysna Knysna () is a town with 76,150 inhabitants (2019 mid-year estimates) in the Western Cape province of South Africa. and is one of the destinations on the loosely defined Garden Route tourist route. It lies at 34° 2' 6.3168'' S and 23° 2' 47 ...
, Western Cape, *
Kommetjie Kommetjie (Afrikaans for "small basin," approximately pronounced ''cawma-key'') is a small town near Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies about halfway down the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, at the southern end of ...
, Western Cape, *Koppie Alleen, De Hoop, Western Cape, °'S °'E *
Kosi Bay Kosi Bay is a series of four interlinked lakes in the Maputaland area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ecology The lakes form part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The closest town is Manguzi, some away from it. K ...
, Kwa-Zulu-Natal, *
Kowie River The Kowie River (Coyi in Xhosa) is a river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It has its source in the hills of the "Grahamstown Heights" from where it flows in a south-easterly direction draining the major part of the Bathurst region, reaching ...
, Eastern Cape, * Kraalbaai, Langebaan lagoon, Western Cape, * Lala Nek, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Lamberts Bay Lambert's Bay is a small fishing town in the Western Cape province of South Africa situated north of Cape Town. It is part of the Cederberg Municipality. The coast town has been proclaimed 'the Diamond of the West Coast' because of its white bea ...
, Western Cape, *Leadsman shoal, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Langebaan Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon. Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town, just off the R27, about 28 km from Vredenburg and 20 km from Saldanha Bay. ...
Lagoon, Western Cape, * Llandudno, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, *
Lüderitz Lüderitz is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It lies on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island. The town is known for its colonial architecture, includi ...
, Namibia, * Mabibi, Kwa-Zulu-Natal, * Mapelane, Maphelana, KwaZulu-Natal, near St. Lucia, *
Melkbosstrand Melkbosstrand (Afrikaans for "Milkbush beach") is a coastal town located on the South West Coast of South Africa, 30 km north of Cape Town. It forms part of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, the municipality governing Cape T ...
, Western Cape, * Mission Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal, * Mkambati, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Morgan's Bay Morgan Bay is a village in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The holiday village of Morgan Bay was given its current name in 1822, when it was named after A.F. Morgan, the master of the Barracouta, a su ...
, Eastern Cape, (Near Kei mouth) * Möwe Bay, Namibia, (Möwe Point lighthouse) *
Mtwalume river The Mtwalume River is in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The river arises near Highflats, and has the tributaries Mgeni and Quhu. References Rivers of KwaZulu-Natal {{SouthAfrica-river-stub ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, °'S °'E * Noordhoek, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, *
Muizenberg Muizenberg ( , Dutch for "mice mountain") is a beach-side town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is situated where the shore of the Cape Peninsula curves round to the east on the False Bay coast. It is considered to be the main surfing spo ...
, False Bay, Western Cape, * Oatlands Point, False Bay, Western Cape, * Oudekraal, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, * Olifantsbos, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, * Palm Beach, South Africa, *
Park Rynie Park Rynie is a small resort town on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was established in 1857 and possibly named after Renetta (nicknamed Rynie) Hoets, wife of one of the John Phillip Hoffman, partner in the firm Nosworthy ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Paternoster ''Pater Noster'', or the Lord's Prayer, is a prayer in Christianity. Pater Noster or Paternoster may also refer to: Places * Paternoster, Western Cape, a fishing village in South Africa * Paternosters, uninhabitable rocks in the Bailiwick of Jer ...
, Western Cape, * Papenkuilsfontein, Western Cape, 10 km west of Agulhas °'S °'E *
Pearly Beach Pearly Beach is a village in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. An area where the southern right whale (''Eubalaena australis'') comes to calve and mate along its migratory route (June – October). Thes ...
, Western Cape, * Platbank, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, * Platboombaai, *
Plettenberg Bay Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plet or Plett, is the primary town of the Bitou Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. As of the census of 2001, there were 29,149 population. It was originally named Bahia Formosa ("beautifu ...
, Western Cape, *
Ponta do Ouro Ponta do Ouro (also Ponta d'Ouro) is a town in the extreme south of Mozambique, lying on the Mozambique Channel, south of Maputo and just north of the border with South Africa. The name is Portuguese for "tip of gold", referring to a cape at the ...
, Mozambique border, *
Port Alfred A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ha ...
, Eastern Cape, * Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal *
Port Elizabeth Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Sou ...
, Eastern Cape, * Port Nolloth, Northern Cape, *
Port St. Johns Port St. Johns (or Port Saint Johns) is a town of about 6,500 people on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the mouth of the Umzimvubu River, northeast of East London and east of Mthatha. Port St. Jo ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, * Postberg, Western Cape, * Protea Banks, KwaZulu-Natal, * Rabbit Rock, KwaZulu-Natal, °'S °'E * Robberg, Western Cape, * Rocky Point, Namibia, °'S °'E *
Saldanha Bay Saldanha Bay ( af, Saldanhabaai) is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Mu ...
, Western Cape, * Saxon Reef, KwaZulu-Natal, (near Mozambique border), °'S °'E *
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, *
Scottburgh Scottburgh () is a coastal resort town located on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It situated south of the mouth of the Mpambanyoni River ''(confuser of birds).'' History Named after Natal Colony Governor John Scott, in 186 ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Sea Point Sea Point (Afrikaans: ''Seepunt'') is one of Cape Town's most affluent and densely populated suburbs, situated between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, a few kilometres to the west of Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD). Moving from ...
, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, *
Shelly Beach, KwaZulu-Natal Shelly Beach is a coastal resort town on the South Coast of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, located more or less halfway between Margate (8.5 km) and Port Shepstone (7.1 km). Geography Part of the greater Margate area, Shelly Beach ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Simon's Town Simon's Town ( af, Simonstad), sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to  Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern ...
, Western Cape, * Smitswinkel Bay, False Bay, Western Cape, *
Sodwana Bay Sodwana Bay is a bay in South Africa on the KwaZulu Natal north coast, between St. Lucia and Lake Sibhayi. It is in the Sodwana Bay National Park, and the Maputaland Marine Reserve, and is a popular recreational diving destination. The term is ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, * Soetwater, °'S °'E * Stilbaai (Still Bay), Western Cape, *
St Helena Bay Saint Helena Bay ( af, St. Helenabaai) is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Nicknamed by locals as ''Agterbaai'',''St Helena Bay.'' CapeWestCoast.org. http://www.capewestcoast.org/reg ...
, Western Cape, * St. James, False Bay, Western Cape, *
St Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindi ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Strand Strand may refer to: Topography *The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a: ** Beach ** Shoreline * Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida Places Africa * Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa * Strand Street ...
, Western Cape, * Strandfontein, False Bay, Western Cape, * Strandfontein, Western Cape, *
Swakopmund Swakopmund (german: Mouth of the Swakop) is a city on the coast of western Namibia, west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. The town has 44,725 inhabitants and covers ...
, Namibia, *
Swartklip Swartklip is a town in Waterberg District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastlin ...
, False Bay, Western Cape, *
Swartkops River Swartkops River, also Zwartskop River, (Afrikaans: ''black hills'') is a watercourse in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The source of the Swartkops is near Cockscombe Mountain, and it flows east into the Algoa Bay of the Indian Ocean ...
, *
Table Bay Table Bay (Afrikaans: ''Tafelbaai'') is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town (founded 1652 by Van Riebeeck) and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named ...
, Western Cape, *
Three Anchor Bay Three Anchor Bay is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Small anchorage in Table Bay. The name, first encountered in 1661, possibly refers to anchors securing chains stretched as defence across the bay. The form Dri ...
, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, * Three Sisters (Eastern Cape), Riet River, 10 km west of Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, °'S °'E *
Trafalgar Trafalgar most often refers to: * Battle of Trafalgar (1805), fought near Cape Trafalgar, Spain * Trafalgar Square, a public space and tourist attraction in London, England It may also refer to: Music * ''Trafalgar'' (album), by the Bee Gees Pl ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, * Tsitsikamma, Eastern Cape, * Umhlali, KwaZulu-Natal, (mHlali river mouth) * Umpangazi, KwaZulu-Natal, (Cape Vidal?) *
Uvongo Uvongo is a seaside resort in the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast at the mouth of the Vungu River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Uvongo is the largest upmarket residential area on the lower South Coast. The Vungu River has a waterfall that flows into ...
, KwaZulu-Natal, *
Waterloo Bay Waterloo Bay is an area of foreshore in Larne on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is of particular interest to geologists because it provides a clear, complete and accessible example of the sequences from Upper Triassic to ...
, Eastern Cape, *
Yzerfontein Yzerfontein, or Ysterfontein, is a small harbour town with about 1200 inhabitants on the west coast of South Africa about 90 km north of Cape Town. The name in Afrikaans means "Iron Fountain".The town started out when the farm 'Yzerfontein' ...
, Western Cape,


References

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