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Below the locality data for Haliotis midae

is shown. Entries in red are new ones not published in Geiger (2000), entries in green are from the Australian Museum Sydney. First the specimen records are given, sorted by country/larger area in a general North-South and East-West organization. Below the specimen and range data from the literature are given. All specimens from DLG collection now in SBMNH.
The notation the locality data is as follows: (Collection-Acronyms Collection-Number: number-of-specimens). The term "complete" indicates preserved animals.

 

ANGOLA: Lobito Bay (AMNH 45976, 3; AMNH 46340, 1: doubful, not mapped).

SOUTH AFRICA: Saldanha Bay (AMNH 107426, 1). False Bay (AMNH 186964, 11; AMNH 272141, 2). False Bay, Simons Town (AMNH 87538, 3; AMNH 186831, 5). False Bay, Muizenberg (USNM 617743, 4). Cape Town (DMNH 101956, 5; AMNH 45954, 2). Strand (LACM S.2047, 1; LACM 22228, 1). Cape Peninsula, Kommetjie Beach (AMNH 186985, 1). Cape Province, Table Bay (USNM 636759, 7). Kleinmond (LACM A.8487.65, 3; BMNH no #, 3). Cape Province, Onrust (LACM 10736, 1; ANSP 211516, 4). Hermanus (AMNH 205925, 1; NMBE 1330.1169, 1). Hermanus, Abalone factory (BMNH 2341, 1). Hermanus, Gansbaai (BMNH 2341, 1). Cape Province, Buffels Bay (AMNH 240634, 1; AMNH Edison A9853, 15). Cape of Good Hope (ANSP 50215, 1; ANSP uncataloged, 1). Jeffreys Bay (DMNH 049718, 4; LACM 91284, 14). Algoa Bay (DMNH 063297, 1; LACM 11667, 1). Algoa Bay, Cape Recife (LACM 11709, 1; LACM 45913, 2). Gouritz River Mouth (ANSP 211525, 1). Gouritz River Mouth, outer ledges (ANSP 217651, 1). Mossel Bay (LACM A.2777a, 1; AMNH 101550, 2). Knysna (MHNG 21234, 1). Port Elisabeth (BMNH 2341, 1; MNHN no #, 22). Port Elisabeth, Summerstrand (ANSP 276815, 27). Port Alfred (DMNH 012307, 6; DMNH 011028, 1). Port Alfred, Cape Colony (USNM 249895, 1). Port Alfred, Shelly Beach (AMNH 186962, 2). Port Alfred, near Grahamstown (USNM 187118, 1; USNM 186886, 3). Eastern Cape, Keaton-on-Sea [50 km S of Port Alfred] (LACM 11691, 2). East London (NMBE 1330.8, 1). East London, Bonza Bay (LACM 28821, 1). London, Shelly Beach (NMBE ex 1510.343, 1). E Cape, Gonubie (AMNH 232367, 2; SBMNH 6186, 5). Ciskei, Haga Haga (AMNH 1869663, 3; AMNH 272140, 2). Morgans Bay, E coast (AMNH ex 200604, 2). Kei Mouth (DMNH 012210, 3). Port Shepstone (LACM A.2777b, 1). Durban (NMBE 1330.294, 1). Capeland, Bushman's River Mouth [= Tugela, at Newark] (USNM 622256, 5). Bloubergstrand, N of Capetown, West Cape (AMS C.122035, 2). Cannon Rocks, East Cape (AMS C.404649, 0, 9: complete). Cape Agulhas, near Capetown (AMS C.403187, 3; BMSM 2016, 1). Cape of Good Hope (AMS C.402709, 3). Cape Recife, Algoa Bay (AMS C.404651, 0, 4: complete). Cape Recife, Algoa Bay (AMS C.122042, 3). Capetown, Table Bay (AMS C.110661, 2). East Cape, Jeffreys Bay (AMS C.073309, 1). East Cape, Jeffreys Bay (AMS C.403298, 4). East Cape, Kenton-on-Sea (AMS C.092802, 2). East Cape, Kenton-on-Sea (AMS C.121854, 6). East Cape, Port Alfred (AMS C.120939, 23, 20: complete). East Cape, Port Alfred (AMS C.402294, 3). East Cape, Port Alfred (AMS C.402295, 7). East Cape, Port Alfred (AMS C.402296, 1). East Cape, Port Alfred (AMS C.078013, 1). East Cape, Port Alfred (AMS C.403188, 1). False Bay, Klein Hangklip (AMS C.122036, 1). Flat Rocks, Algoa Bay (AMS C.402298, 2, 3: complete). Flat Rocks, Algoa Bay (AMS C.122041, 5). Flat Rocks, Algoa Bay (AMS C.402708, 2). Flat Rocks, Algoa Bay (AMS C.404204, 0, 5: complete). Transkei, Coffee Bay (AMS C.402460, 1). Walker Bay, Hermanus & Gans Bay (AMS C.403352, 1).

LITERTURE, LOCALITIES: Stony Point; Dassen Isl.; Dawidskraal (Newman, 1968). Coffee Bay (Jacks, 1983). Saldanha Bay, Marcus Isl.; Mas Bay near Cape Hangklip (Barkai & Griffiths, 1986).

LITERATURE, RANGE: Table Bay - Port Alfred (Barnard, 1963). Saldanha Bay - Gonubie (Richards, 1987). Table Bay - Natal (Abbott & Dance, 1983). Saldanha Bay - Gonubie (Jacks, 1983). St. Helena Bay - W Transkei (Muller, 1984).