(Namibia to Cape Point) Family Chitonidae Tulip chiton, Chiton tulipa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) Brooding chiton, Chiton nigrovirescens de Blainville, 1825 (Namibia to Cape Agulhas) (accepted as Radsia nigrovirescens) Black chiton, Onithochiton literatus (Krauss, 1848) (Cape Point to Mozambique) Family Callochitonidae Broad chiton, Callochiton castaneus (Wood, 1815) (Orange river to northern KwaZulu-Natal) Family Acanthochitonidae Spiny chiton, Acanthochitona garnoti de Blainville, 1825 (Cape Columbine to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) Family Chaetopleuridae Giant chiton or armadillo, Dinoplax gigas Gmelin, 1791 (Cape Point to KwaZulu-Natal south coast) Hairy chiton, Chaetopleura papilio Spengler, 1797 (Namibia to Cape Point) Orange hairy chiton, Chaetopleura pertusa Reeve, 1847 (Cape Columbine to northern KwaZulu-Natal) Cephalopoda Order Octopoda – octopus Family Octopodidae Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal) Brush-tipped octopus, Eledone schultzei Hoyle, 1910 (Cape Columbine to Cape Point) (syn. Eledone thysanophora, Aphrodoctopus schultzei) Family Argonautidae Paper nautilus, Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758 (Cape Point to northern KwaZulu-Natal) Order Teuthida – squid Family Loliginidae Chokka or calimari, Loligo vulgaris reynaudi (Orbigny, 1845) (Orange River to Eastern Cape) (syn. Loligo reynaudi Orbigny, 1845) Order Sepiolida – bobtail squid Unidentified species (Cape Peninsula, both sides) Order Sepiida – vuttlefish Beautiful cuttlefish, Sepia (Hemisepius) pulchra Roeleveld & Liltved, 1985 Tuberculate cuttlefish, Sepia tuberculata Lamarck, 1798 (Cape Columbine to Eastern Cape) Common cuttlefish Sepia vermiculata Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 (Orange River to Mozambique) Brachiopoda – lampshells Order Terebratulida Family Kraussinidae Kraussina crassicostata Jackson, 1952 (Cape Point to Mossel Bay) Ruby lamp shell, Kraussina rubra (Pallas, 1766) (Luderitz to southern KwaZulu-Natal) Family Cancellothyrididae Terebratulina meridionalis (Adams & Reeve) (Cape Peninsula) Echinoderms Crinoidea – feather stars Order Comatulida Family Comatulidae Common feather star, Comanthus wahlbergii (Muller, 1843) (False Bay to Mozambique) Family Tropiometridae Elegant feather star, Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816) (Cape Point to Mozambique) Asteroidea – starfish Order Paxillosida Family Astropectinidae Sand starfish, Astropecten irregularis pontoporeus Sladen, 1883 (Namibia to Port Elizabeth) Order Valvatida Family Goniasteridae Cobbled starfish, Calliaster baccatus Sladen, 1889 (Lamberts Bay to Port Elizabeth) Family Ophidiasteridae Granular starfish, Austrofromia schultzei (Doderlein, 1910) (False Bay to Port Elizabeth) Family Asterinidae Red starfish, Callopatiria granifera (Gray, 1847) (Namibia to Durban) (syn. Patiria granifera) Order Forcipulatida Family Asteriidae Spiny starfish, Marthasterias glacialis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Saldanha Bay to Port Elizabeth) Many-armed starfish Coscinasterias calamaria (Gray, 1840) (Saldanha Bay to False Bay) Order Spinulosida Family Asterinidae Subtidal cushion star, Patiriella dyscrita (H.L. Clark, 1923) (Cape Point to Port Elizabeth)