Browsing Faculty of Natural Sciences by Author "Samaai, Toufiek"
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Giants and titans: First records of the invasive acorn barnacles Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758) and Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) on intertidal rocky shores of South Africa
Pfaff, Maya C.; Biccard, Aiden; Samaai, Toufiek (Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), 2022)During intertidal rocky shore surveys on the east coast of South Africa in 2018, the non-indigenous giant purple barnacle Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758), a well-known fouling and globally-invasive species, ... -
A revision of the genus Strongylodesma Lévi (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of four new species
Samaai, Toufiek; Gibbons, Mark J.; Kelly, Michelle (Cambridge University Press, 2009)The sponge genus Strongylodesma is reviewed and redefined, and now accommodates eight closely related species. The type species of Strongylodesma Le´vi is redescribed and an additional two new species are described from ... -
Stakeholder-derived recommendations and actions to support deep-reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean
Stefanoudis, Paris V.; Talma, Sheena; Samaai, Toufiek (Wiley, 2022)Deep reefs below 30mprovide essential ecosystem services for ocean health and human well-being such as food security and climate change resilience. Yet, deep reefs remain poorly researched and largely unprotected, including ...