| Reference no. | Branch, G.M., C.L. Griffiths, M.L. Branch and L. Beckley, 2005 |
| Ecosystem | Temperate Southern Africa |
| Status | endemic |
| Abundance | abundant (always seen in some numbers) |
| Lifestage | adults |
| Regional database | |
| Remarks | Known from Cape point to southern KwaZulu-Natal. Collected by subsistence fishers and recreational divers as a source of food, and diminishing in abundance and size in harvested areas (Ref. 80553 ). Also from False Bay to the Transkei and most abundant a |