Talk:List of marine invertebrates of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay

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wow. There sure aren't a lot of blue links in the sponges so far... Seascapeza (talk) 19:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Too true. Not quite so bad with the batch of sharks, rays etc I have pasted in for you from the SA list. Lots of formatting needed, but I dont know what you plan there and what level of toxonomic structure you intend to use, so will leave that to you at this stage. I will do the same with bony fishes when they are ready (when I have gone through Smiths). Cheers, Peter (Southwood) (talk): 19:24, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Scope
There are listings which may be geographically out of scope, but geographical scope has not yet been defined. Topographically the Cape Peninsula ends at Table Bay, and False Bay ends on a line between Cape Point and Cape Hangklip. I suggest we include the coastal waters adjacent to the Cape Peninsula, and probably False Bay, but how far offshore? We already include all of the TMNPMPA, which is fairly close inshore, and Table Bay, as far as Bloubergstrand, but don't mention how far offshore.

Should we include all of the Robben Island MPA?

How should we deal with historical records which are very vague, like 'west of Cape Town', or 'Cape of Good Hope'? Cheers, &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 06:52, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Discussion:

Missing group
No Siphonariidae. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 04:23, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Added groups as required. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 05:15, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

Split
Article is getting very large. The obvious solution is to split out List of marine vertebrates of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay and rename the remaining page to List of marine invertebrates of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. Current name will become a disambiguation page. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 05:15, 23 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Split has been done. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 08:55, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Updated
Update as of 2022 species lists now completed. Ranges for new species cited as TMNP MPS, which is all that the source covers, though it is likely that all have much larger ranges, which can be added when sources are found. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 18:05, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

List from Gosliner and Jones 2023, Southern African Sea Slugs
Temporary list of species from G&J 2023 for integration.


 * Caramel bubble snail, Rictaxis albus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1874), False Bay to KZN endemic (p54) Acteonidae
 * Tablecloth sidegill, Berthella sp. Atlantic side of Cape Peninsula, western False Bay (p66)
 * Lacy sidegill, Berthella sp. Atlantic side of Cape Peninsula, Knysna lagoon, possible endemic (p66)
 * Gossamer sidegill, Berthella sp. Atlantic side of Cape Peninsula, endemic, (p66)