Two oceans : a guide to the marine life of Southern Africa

For over two decades Two Oceans has been the pre-eminent book to which scientists, students, divers and beachcombers turn to identify and learn about marine life, from sponges to whales and seaweeds to dune forests. In this exuberantly colourful, fully revised fourth edition, over 2,000 species are now covered, names and other details have been updated to refl ect the latest taxonomy and many new photographs have been added. Title Copyright Photographic Credits Acknowledgements Contents Introduction Classification of marine groups Sponges Cnidarians & comb jellies Anthozoans Sea anemones Zoanthids Sea fans & soft-corals Thorny corals & sea-pens Hard corals Jellyfish Hydroids & bluebottles Comb jellies Worms & kin Flatworms Unsegmented worms Segmented worms Leeches & bristleworms Arthropods Sea spiders, true spiders & insects Crustaceans Barnacles Seed shrimps to tanaids Isopods Amphipods Shrimps, krill, rock lobsters, prawns & mole crabs Hermit crabs True crabs Bryozoans Moss or lace animals Lamp shells & molluscs Lamp shells Molluscs Tusk shells Bivalves Chitons Sea-snails & limpets Sea slugs & nudibranchs Octopus, squid & cuttlefish Echinoderms Starfish or seastars Feather-stars Brittlestars Sea urchins Sea cucumbers Sea squirts & kin Fishes Jawless fishes Cartilaginous fishes – sharks & rays Bony fishes Reptiles & birds Turtles, snakes & lizards Coastal birds Mammals Seals, otters & dugongs Whales & dolphins Seaweeds Green algae Brown algae Red algae Flowering plants Monocotyledons Dicotyledons Glossary References Scientific index General index About the authors Backcover G.m. Branch [and Three Others] ; Principal Photographers, George Branch, Charles Griffiths, Dennis King. Revision Of: Two Oceans / G.m. Branch ... [et Al.] ; Principal Photographers, George Branch, Charles Griffiths, Dennis King. 2010. Rev. Ed. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 450-451) And Index.