to Port Elizabeth) Nippled sea fan, Eunicella papillosa (Esper, 1797) (Luderitz to Sodwana) Sinuous sea fan, Eunicella tricoronata Velimirov, 1971 (Cape Peninsula to East London) Palmate sea fan, Leptogorgia palma (Pallas, 1766) (Cape Peninsula to Sodwana) Family Nephtheidae Cauliflower soft coral, Eunephthya thyrsoidea (Verrill, 1865) (Cape Peninsula to northern KwaZulu-Natal) Order Pennatulacea – sea pens Family Echinoptilidae Radial sea pen, purple sea pen, Actinoptylum molle (Kukenthal, 1902) (whole South African coast) Family Virgulariidae Feathery sea pen, Virgularia schultzei Kukenthal, 1910 (Luderitz to central Mozambique) Order Alcyonacea – sea fans Family Anthothelidae Gorgonian twig coral, Homophyton verrucosum (Mobius, 1861) (False Bay to Sodwana) Family Melithaeidae Multicoloured sea fan, Acabaria rubra Esper, 1789 (Bloubergstrand to East London) Medusozoa Staurozoa Order Stauromedusae family Depastridae Stalked trumpet jelly, Depastromorpha africana Carlgren, 1935 (Cape Peninsula to Hermanus) Family Lipkeidae Bell stalked jelly, Lipkea stephensoni Carlgren, 1933 (Smitswinkel Bay) Scyphozoa – true jellyfish Order Semaeostomeae Family Pelagiidae Compass jellyfish, Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean) Night-light jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskal, 1775) (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean, also Mediterranean and Pacific) Order Rhizostomeae Family Rhizostomatidae Frilly-mouthed jellyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo Macri, 1778 (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean) Root-mouthed jellyfish, Eupilema inexpectata Pages, Gili & Bouillon, 1992 (pelagic, Atlantic Ocean) Order Carybdeida Family Carybdeidae Box jellyfish, sea wasp, Carybdea branchi (north of Namibia to Port Elizabeth) Hydrozoans Order Anthoathecata Family Candelabridae Gnome's hat hydroid, Candelabrum capensis (Manton, 1940) (Luderitz to East London) syn. Myriothela capensis Dreadlocks hydroid, Candelabrum tentaculatum Millard, 1966 (Cape Peninsula and Port Elizabeth) syn. Myriothela tentaculata Family Eudendriidae Bushy hydroids, Eudendrium spp. (whole coast) Family Hydractiniidae High-spined commensal hydroid, Hydractinia altispina Millard, 1955 (Luderitz to False Bay) Shell-mimic hydroid, Hydrocorella africana Stechow, 1921 (West Coast to Durban) Family Porpitidae Blue button, Porpita porpita (Port Nolloth to Mozambique, pelagic, warm waters.) By-the-wind sailor, Velella velella (Port Nolloth to Mozambique, pelagic, warm waters.) Family Solanderiidae Grey fan hydroid, Solanderia procumbens (Carter, 1873) (Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal) Family Stylasteridae Noble coral, Stylaster nobilis (Saville Kent, 1871) (Cape Peninsula to Port Elizabeth) syn. Allopora nobilis Family Tubulariidae Tubular hydroid, Ectopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862) (Saldanha Bay to Sodwana Bay) Tubular sponge hydroid, Zyzzyzus warreni (Warren, 1906) (Saldanha Bay to Sodwana Bay) syn. Zyzzyzus solitarius Calder, 1988 Order: Leptothecata Family Aequoreidae Crystal jellyfish, Aequorea sp. (pelagic, whole coast) Family Aglaopheniidae Toothed feather hydroid, Aglaophenia pluma (Linnaeus, 1767) (whole coast) Smoky feather hydroid, Macrorhynchia filamentosa (Lamarck, 1816) syn. Lytocarpus filamentosus(Walvis Bay to Durban) Family Campanulariidae Thin-walled