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Anchovy

It has a very slender body and can reach a length of 20 cm, a greenish color with reflections Bruno Blackish on the back and silvery white on the belly. It is a pelagic fish that lives in herds offshore and is very common throughout the Mediterranean Sea.

Fanino Cirivasi

April 9, 2018

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The Mediterranean Anchovy

The Mediterranean Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) is a typical pelagic fish that can also be found at a great distance from the coasts, which it approaches in May-June for reproduction. Usually in the hot season it is not encountered at depths greater than 50 meters,

Fanino Cirivasi

June 19, 2019

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Acropora Pulchra

This video shows the effects of the tsunami that occurred on December 26, 2004, in the Maldives on Acropora pulchra corals. The event destroyed many coral reefs, causing significant damage to the tourism industry. However, it is important to remember that it was one of the most catastrophic natural disasters of modern times causing 230,210 deaths.

Stefano

October 26, 2018

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Beadlet Anemone

he Beadlet anemone, Actinia equina, is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores around all coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its range extends to the rest of Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 11, 2018

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Actinia equina and Stramonita haemastoma

The Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina) is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores around all coasts. Its range extends to the Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of Africa as far south as South Africa. Actinia equina can be found both in exposed and sheltered situations.

Fanino Cirivasi

January 25, 2021

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Farewell... to a dear friend!

While sailing to reach our dive site we met a dead dolphin. We are 4.5 miles off the coast of Castiglioncello, in the Province of Livorno, in the area considered the "Sanctuary of the Cetaceans" because during the summer many marine mammals come here to reproduce.

Fanino Cirivasi

July 28, 2019

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Deadly Ambushes at Sea

I shot this video in a submerged reef of Vada lighthouse near Livorno. The images show a marine life full of biodiversity typical of the Mediterranean Sea with many fish and in particular a notable presence of red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa) of various sizes and therefore of different ages. The red Scorpionfish is recognized by all the other scorpionfishes for the considerable size it reaches ...

Fanino Cirivasi

September 26, 2021

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Garfish - Belone belone

Garfish (Belone belone) is found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, It has a very elongated and compressed body, the dorsal zone is dark blue and fades in the blue on the flanks which are silvery.

Fanino Cirivasi

February 16, 2019

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04:11

Garfish

Garfish, Belone belone is a bony sea fish belonging to the Belonidae family. It commonly lives in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic, in coastal areas around the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira and Cape Verde, as well as in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Garfish is a pelagic species, i.e. it lives mostly in the open sea and usually in the Mediterranean it approaches ...

netartstudio

July 10, 2023

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Garfish

Garfish (Belone belone) belongs to the Osteichthyes class, to the subclass Actinopterygii, to the superorder Teleostei, to the Synentognathi order and to the Belonidae family. It has a very elongated and compressed body, the dorsal zone is dark blue and fades in the blue on the flanks which are silvery; The belly is yellowish in color. Its length can exceed 80 cm and 1 Kg of weight ...

Fanino Cirivasi

March 26, 2024

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Aiptasia mutabilis

In a few meters in Mediterranean Sea of water watching in holes and craves is quite common to meet the anemones. In this video I also found a Trumpet Anemone "Aiptasia mutabilis",

Andrea Cirivasi

May 19, 2018

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Aiptasia mutabilis - Trumpet anemone

Aiptasia mutabilis Trumpet anemone or Brown anemone is one of the species of anemone typical of the Mediterranean Sea, it is not as common as the classic anemone Anemonia sulcata, but it is easy to find if we dive into reefs where the sea conditions are not yet too man-made. ...

netartstudio

November 18, 2022

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Do octopuses grow tentacles again ?

Do octopuses grow tentacles again ? The answer is yes! and in the video we see how this octopus is growing back its three tentacles in front of its eyes. The octopus is both a predator and a prey and it often happens that when fighting groupers, conger eels, moray eels and other predatory fish, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

April 20, 2024

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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.

Fanino Cirivasi

November 21, 2020

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Seaweed Corallina Officinalis Caespitosa

Seaweed Corallina "Officinalis 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.

Fanino Cirivasi

January 14, 2020

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Red algae on Violescente Sea-whip

The video that I present to you shows a Red Alga that has parasitized a Soft Coral (Paramuricea clavata). Parasitism and mutualism, or symbiosis, are very frequent phenomena in the marine world between similar species and different species.

Fanino Cirivasi

May 2, 2020

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Flabellia petiolata

Flabellia petiolata  is a green algae in the Udoteaceae family. Flabellia petiolata is native to the Mediterranean Sea and also occurs in the Canary Islands and Cape Verde. Lives at a depth between 10 and 60 meters; the video that I present to you was made at a depth of over 50 meters ...

Fanino Cirivasi

November 11, 2021

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Alifu Dhaalu Atoll to Maldives

This video was made in December 2022 during a short vacation I spent on Angaaga island; I must say that the weather was not what I wanted and therefore, not being able to do scuba diving with aqualung, I dedicated myself to snorkelling in the coral reef that surrounded the island. ...

Stefano

February 4, 2023

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Other Seas - Caretta Caretta

It is the most common sea turtle in the Mediterranean Sea. The species is highly endangered throughout the Mediterranean basin and is now at the brink of extinction in Italian territorial waters.

Stefano

December 11, 2016

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Even the fish sometimes get pissed off

During a dive in the coral reef of the Red Sea I met two Rusty Parrotfish (Scarus ferrugineus) who were fighting each other in a really aggressive way, as you can see from the video.

Stefano

November 3, 2019

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Again a Tyre at Sea

The sea is a complex ecosystem that we all have to respect and love because it could ultimately turn against us. We have also made a commitment to document the things that pollute or destroy the marine environment to make everyone aware of how to keep our sea clean.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 26, 2019

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Anemone - Anemonia sulcata

We met this anemone in November of 2016 in the stretch of rocky coast between Livorno and Castiglioncello ...

Andrea Cirivasi

March 4, 2017

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Aiptasia mutabilis

The  Aiptasia mutabilis is a antozoo belonging to the order of the Actinaria, subclass of the Hexacorallia, to the Aiptasiidae family spread in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic. It lives on rocky bottoms, inside ravines or in the midst of algae.

Fanino Cirivasi

May 13, 2018

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02:18

Cylinder anemone Cerianthus membranaceus

Cerianthus membranaceus, the cylinder anemone or coloured tube anemone, is aspecies  of large, tube-dwelling anemone in the family Cerenthidae. It is native to the Mediterranean Sea and adjoining parts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Cerianthus membranaceus is a large, tube-dwelling anemone ...

Fanino Cirivasi

November 27, 2023

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Mediterranean sea Anemone

Mediterranean sea Anemone, (Anemonia sulcata), commonly known as Venus hair, is a species of sea anemone in the Actiniidae family. It has a cylindrical body, varying in color from yellow-brown to green, from which a crown of long, slightly retractable tentacles with violet-colored ends depart. The cylindrical body can reach sizes up to about 20 cm ...

Fanino Cirivasi

September 12, 2021

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Fat anemone - Cribrinopsis crassa

Fat anemone, Cribrinopsis crassa (Andrès, 1881) is a sea anemone of the Actiniidae family, Cnidaria phylum, endemic to the Mediterranean sea. Anemone grosso attinia Fat anemone Cribrinopsis crassa Intotheblue.it ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 1, 2020

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Magnificent sea Anemone

Heteractis magnifica, also known by the common names magnificent sea anemone anemone is characterized by a flared oral disc, which reaches between 20 and 50 cm in diameter, but in some specimens, this can reach 1 m.

Carlo Terreni

February 17, 2021

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Aplysia depilans - Sea hare

We publish another encounter with the Sea hare, Aplysia depilans, this time which took place on a depth of about 42/45 meters. We are on a not very high rock wall about 4/5 miles from the coast where, due to the now increasingly present mucillage, animals and marine organisms seem to ...

Andrea Cirivasi

March 23, 2023

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Apnea - Anemone I

In this and in the next video we can see two other anemones encountered in apnea on a mixed sand and rock, this in the video close to a stone has been photographed at about 2/3 meters depth and thanks to the clarity of the water so torch wasn't needed.

Andrea Cirivasi

October 16, 2017

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Apnea - Anemone II

This video shows another anemone encountered while freediving on a mixed sand and rock bottom. Anchored under a rock wall, it was found at a depth of about 5-6 meters. Its average size is about 30 cm.

Andrea Cirivasi

October 16, 2017

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6

02:02

Spotted Eagle Ray

Spotted Eagle Ray, (Aetobatus narinari), is a cartilagionus fish of the eagle ray family, Myliobatidae. As traditionally recognized, it is found globally in tropical regions, including the Atlantic, pacific and Indian Oceans. Spotted eagle rays are most commonly seen alone, but occasionally swim in groups. They are ovoviviparous ...

Stefano

February 27, 2024

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Spotted Eagle Ray

Spotted Eagle Ray, (Aetobatus narinari), is a cartilagionus fish of the eagle ray family, Myliobatidae. As traditionally recognized, it is found globally in tropical regions, including the Atlantic, pacific and Indian Oceans. Spotted eagle rays are most commonly seen alone, but occasionally swim in groups.

Carlo Terreni

February 13, 2021

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Spotted Eagle ray

Spotted Eagle Ray, (Aetobatus narinari), is a cartilagionus fish of the eagle ray family Myliobatidae. As traditionally recognized, it is found globally in tropical regions, including the Atlantic, pacific and Indian Oceans. Spotted eagle rays are most commonly seen alone, but occasionally swim in groups. They are ovoviviparous, the female retaining the eggs then releasing the young ...

Stefano

April 10, 2025

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Blue Spiny Lobster

Panulirus versicolor grows up to 40 centimetres long, but is typically no more than 30 cm. It has no claws, two spiny rostra over the eyes, and two pairs of large antennae, like all spiny lobsters. The first pair of antennae are double ended, the second hard and spiny, both are usually white.

Carlo Terreni

February 2, 2021

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Mediterranean Lobster - Spiny Lobster

Spiny Lobster, Palinurus elephas is which is commonly caught in the Mediterranean Sea. Is a common species of spiny lobster, found in the eastern  Atlantic Ocean, from southern Norway to Morocco and the Azores. It lives on rocky exposed coasts below theintertidal zone, mainly at depths of 20 to 70 metres.

Fanino Cirivasi

July 7, 2018

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09:25

Noah's Ark seashell

Noah's Ark seashell, Arca noae, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Arcidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea from low tide mark to a depth of 100 metres. The seashell of Arca noae grows to about 10 cm in length. but the ones we found did not exceed 3, 4 centimeters. ...

Fanino Cirivasi

May 7, 2024

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