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unusual facts about Cape Peninsula


Candelabrum tentaculatum

Candelabrum tentaculatum, also called the dreadlocks hydroid or calamari hydroid, is a sessile marine hydroid, that is found off the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.


Black girdled lizard

The black girdled lizard, Cordylus niger, is a medium-sized lizard restricted to Table Mountain on the Cape Peninsula and a second, isolated population near Langebaan.

Scribbled nudibranch

Around the southern African coast it is found from the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula to Sodwana Bay, from the intertidal to at least 30 m.

Tasselled nudibranch

It is also found off the South African coast, where it occurs from Hout Bay on the Cape Peninsula to the Wild Coast.

Triviella millardi

This snail is known around the South African coast from Port Nolloth to the Cape Peninsula in 10-30 m.


see also

The Cape

Cape of Good Hope, a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa