Common Antlers Sponge

The Common Antlers Sponge, Axinella polypoides, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the Demospongiae class, family Axinellidae and at phylum Porifera. it's present throughout the Mediterranean Sea. It comes in the form of a sapling and lives at a depth ranging from 20 meters to over 300 meters.

Ribbon Eel

The Ribbon Eel is found in lagoons and reefs in the Indo-Pacific ocean, ranging from East Africa to southern Japan, Australia and French Polynesia. presumed juveniles and subadults are jet black with a yellow dorsal fin, in adult males the black is replaced by blue, and adult females are entirely yellow or yellow with some blue to the posterior.

Il pesce Leone

Il pesce Scorpione o pesce Leone o Scorpena volante (Pterois volitans) è un pesce d'acqua salata della famiglia Scorpaenidae. Questa specie è diffusa nel Mar Rosso e nell’ Oceano Pacifico ...

Great Barracuda

The great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), also known as the giant barracuda, is a common species of barracuda: large, predatory ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans around the world. The great barracuda is present in tropical to warm temperate waters, in subtropical parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Red-mouthed rock shell

In this short video we show you how the the Red-mouthed rock shell manages to regain its natural position. The diver turns the shell upside down and the frightened snail withdraws to its interior, but when it no longer feels disturbed, it goes out and slowly manages to turn again returning to its natural position.

Feather Stars

Feather stars or comatulids, being members of the largest crinoid order, Comatulida. Adult crinoids are characterised by having the mouth located on the upper surface. This is surrounded by feeding arms, and is linked to a U-shaped gut, with the anus being located on the oral disc near the mouth.

Invasion of Stylocidaris affinis

I did the underwater video in a stretch of sea between Livorno and the island of Gorgona at a depth of over 50 meters. I was surprised to meet so many sea urchins, known as Stylocidaris affinis, concentrated in a short stretch of cliff. Frankly, I wondered why so many sea urchins had colonized those rocks?

Orbicular Batfish

The orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), also known as the circular batfish, orbiculate batfish, round batfish, or orbic batfish is a popular aquarium fish which occurs naturally in the tropical waters of the Indian (Maldives) and Pacific Oceans.

Red Scorpionfish - Scorpaena scrofa

Filming and photographing the Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa) is always a great satisfaction, in fact this species seems to be the perfect subject of the underwater photographer, despite the proximity of the diver, it trusts so much in its mimicry that it gets very close ...