Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern AfricaHere for the first time is a comprehensive guide, with full-colour photographs on every opening, that will allow people to identify the full spectrum or rich animal and plant life found on South African shores. |
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Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa George Branch,C. L. Griffiths,M. L. Branch,L. E. Beckley No preview available - 2007 |
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abundant Agulhas AIII algae amphipod anal fins animals antennae aperture bands BIOLOGY blades blue body branches brown Burrows Cape Point capensis IDENTIFICATION carapace coastal colonies colour common coral reefs corallites crab crustaceans cylindrical dark diameter dorsal fin Durban eggs elongate estuaries eyes Feeds fish flat flattened forked fronds gill cover grey grooves head Indo-Pacific Indo-West Pacific intertidal invertebrates Juveniles kelp legs limpet male margin Moçambique molluscs mottled mouth mussels Natal nippers nudibranch numbers occurs operculum orange oval pair pale pectoral fin pelvic fins pink planktonic polyps predators Preys RELATED SPECIES rocky reefs rocky shores rows sand sandy seaweeds segments shallow reefs shell sheltered short side smooth snout southern Africa Spawns spines spiral ridges sponge stripes subtidal surface tail fin tall teeth telson tentacles thin tidal pools tiny tips Transkei tropical upper uropods usually vertical West Coast whorl worms yellow zoanthid