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21:33

Peltodoris atromaculata Reproduction

When we explore our underwater reefs we are often amazed by the number of species that we find in a few square meters and as in this case even in a few square centimeters. We have said it many times that biodiversity makes a habitat and an ecosystem more stable, solid and long-lasting. Often we fail to realize the quantity of different species that live next to each other and obviously it is almost impossible to know ...

Andrea Cirivasi

March 23, 2025

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02:18

Dusky Parrotfish

Dusky parrotfish, Scarus niger, common names the swarthy parrotfish, and black parrotfish, is a species of parrotfish. It is in  the phylum Chordata, class Actinopterygii and family Scaridae. Like other members of its family, it has characteristic 10 dorsal soft rays, 9 dorsal spines, 9 anal soft rays, and 3 anal spines ...

Stefano

January 29, 2025

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13:24

Biodiversity

We are on an isolated patch of rock and coralligenous about 7.5 miles from the coast; the seabed varies from 49 to 52 meters, the area to explore has a surface area of ​​about a couple of basketball courts (about 600 square meters X 2). All around a sea of ​​mud and a mixture of mud/sand separates us from the main submerged reef 400/500 meters away, always on the bathymetric of 50 meters ...

Andrea Cirivasi

January 11, 2025

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06:43

Sustainable fishing Red gorgonia

Among the many definitions of sustainable fishing we find this one: "sustainable fishing means leaving enough fish in the seas, respecting habitats and ensuring that people who depend on the fishing economy can maintain their livelihoods". A fairly effective sentence but rather incomplete since it only talks about fish and economy ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 25, 2024

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05:15

Mediterranean increasingly warm: record temperatures and jellyfish

Effects of global warming and the current climate crisis are seen above all in the sea which is becoming increasingly warm and salty. We are now facing a real tropicalization of the Mediterranean Sea which is leading to a too rapid and rapid change of this ecosystem, so we are increasingly witnessing an invasion of alien species ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 15, 2024

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26:36

New future colony of Savalia savaglia

During this dive on a reef completely populated by colonies of red Gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata) we also encountered some "branches" of false black coral, the very rare Savalia savaglia. We have often documented this beautiful yellow coral called False black coral on seabeds of approximately 78/80 meters up to almost 90 meters deep, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

December 8, 2023

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05:10

Squid eggs

In these two different dives at a depth ranging from about 40 to 50 meters, we filmed the eggs of the European squid (Loligo vulgaris) laid in completely different ways. Squid eggs Uova di Calamaro www.intotheblue.it ...

netartstudio

August 6, 2023

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05:50

Red scorpionfish

In this beautiful dive we met many specimens of Red scorpionfish, Scorpaena scrofa, and these that we see in the video are particularly large, almost a meter long. ...

netartstudio

June 26, 2023

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06:32

Mediterranean Spiny Lobster - Palinurus elephas

In this dive on a depth that varies from 40 to 45 meters I encountered different species of marine organisms typical of the coral beds of the Mediterranean Sea. We are on a rocky wall that in some points reaches a height of 5/7 meters, characterized by holes, cracks ...

Andrea Cirivasi

February 27, 2021

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01:52

Marine plastic pollution

Riciclo Riuso Recupero Riutilizzo Ricreo Riduco ... There are many "R" that can be evoked to try to reduce marine pollution from plastics, waste of resources, and to try to make all of us aware of respect for the environment and the sea. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

December 12, 2019

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