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Astronaut photo of Cape Town showing the Cape Peninsula, and surrounding waters, including False Bay. Map showing approximate extent of the range of the article and identifying key locations and the borders of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area Marine ecoregions of the South African exclusive economic zone Marine species distribution reference map of the Southern African ...
Coelacanth off Pumula on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa, on 22 November 2019 Kelps Laminaria pallida (top) and Ecklonia maxima (below). The Marine biodiversity of South Africa is the variety of living organisms that live in the seas off the coast of South Africa.
The estuary is an important bird habitat and is home to around 30,000 birds, including up to 80 species which are endemic to the Cape coast. [2] Well over 350 different species of birds can be seen here, as it is a habitat for sea, river and land birds.
Astronaut photo of Cape Town showing the Cape Peninsula, and surrounding waters, including False Bay. Map showing approximate extent of the range of the article and identifying key locations and the borders of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area Marine ecoregions of the South African exclusive economic zone Marine species distribution reference map of the Southern African ...
Bergrivier Municipality (Afrikaans: Bergrivier Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It governs the towns of Piketberg (the seat of the municipal council), Velddrif and Porterville, as well as the surrounding villages and rural areas.
Porterville is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The town is located at the foot of the Olifants River Mountains, 27 km south-east of Piketberg and 155 km north-east of Cape Town. It is situated 140 km north of Cape Town on R44 road at the base of the Olifants River mountains.
Bull ray, Aetomylaeus bovinus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817), also reported as syn. Pteromylaeus bovinus (Saint-Hilaire, 1817) (South-western Cape to Zanzibar) [2] [8] Manta, giant oceanic manta ray , Mobula birostris (Walbaum, 1792), also reported as syn. Manta birostris (Donndorff, 1798) (possibly circumtropical, from the Cape eastwards) [ 2 ...
Tusk shells (Scaphopoda) in South Africa include: Dentaliidae. Dentalium regulare E.A. Smith, 1903 (Jeffreys Bay to Durban) [4] [6] Antalis longirostrum (Reeve, 1843) (Indo-Pacific to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) [4] Gadilidae. Siphonodentalium booceras (Tomlin, 1926) [4] [6] Cadulus spp. Three other species known here, all inhabiting deep water [4]