List of marine animals of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay

The list of marine animals of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay is a list of marine and shore-based species that form a part of the fauna of South Africa. This list includes animals which either live entirely marine lives, or which spend critical parts of their lives at sea.
The geographical range is from Table Bay to Cape Hangklip, in the Western Cape province of South Africa and includes the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area and the Helderberg Marine Protected Area.
Sponges
Calcarea – Lime sponges
Order Leucosolenida
Family Sycettidae

Hairy tube sponge Sycon spp. (Saldanha Bay to Kosi Bay)

Family Leucosoleniidae

Branching ball sponge Leucosolenia sp. (Cape Peninsula to Cape Agulhas)
Tube sponge Leucosolenia sp. (Port Nolloth to Sodwana Bay)

Demospongiae – fibre or horny sponges
Order Astrophorida
Family Ancorinidae...