Red Mullet

The Mullus barbatus barbatus or Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758), is a marine bone fish belonging to the Famiglis Mullidae. The red mullet can grow to a standard length of 30 cm., but a more common length is about half that. The body is somewhat laterally compressed. The snout is short and steep and there are no spines on the operculum.

European fan worm - Sabella spallanzanii

We are exploring a seabed about 6 miles from the coast, which varies from 39 to 49 meters in depth, in search of rocks and a submerged reef reported just before the sounding. Before arriving at the dive site we met a beautiful European fan worm, Sabella spallanzanii, ...

Seaweed Corallina caespitosa

Seaweed Corallina caespitosa we find it just below the surface of the sea where it forms a compact carpet in the rocky coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea. This red alga has a color that varies from the whitish of the tips to the increasingly dark purple as we approach the ends with which it is attached to the rock.

Funny brittle Starfish

The Brittle starfish: Ophiodermatidae is present throughout the Mediterranean Sea and generally lives hidden in the crevices of the cliffs or sheltered under rocks or debris present in the sea.

Red scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa

In this video we have filmed quite closely a Red scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa, encountered on a rocky bottom ranging from 39 to 43 meters deep.  ...

Green Chiton - Chiton olivaceus

The Green chiton, Chiton olivaceus, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in the Chitonidae family, the typical chitons. Chiton olivaceus can reach a length of 20-30 millimetres and a width of about 16 millimetres. These large chitons have carinate plates with strongs ribs.

Crabs “Clibanarius erythropus” : meeting to reproduce

In this short video you can see an unusual grouping of hermit crabs Clibanarius erythropus. The video was made at the end of July. This period of summer coincides with the reproduction period of these unique marine crabs.