Jun 6, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Cape Town – The number of brittle star species known from South Africa has escalated by 20%, after a recent SeaKeys taxonomic study. The taxonomy of brittle stars, scientifically known as ophiuroids, is back on track after a 40 year lull during which no work was...
Feb 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
A parasitic copepod previously known only from Luderitz Bay in Namibia has been found on the coast of the Cape Peninsula, according to a SeaKeys study. “This discovery is the first record of any siphonostomatoid copepod infecting an invertebrate host in South Africa,”...