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Marbled rock Crab

Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a species of crab, sometimes called the marbled rock crab or marbled crab, which lives in the Black Sea, the Meditarranean Sea and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It is dark violet brown, with yellow marbling, and with a body up to 40 millimetres long.

Fanino Cirivasi

July 17, 2020

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Dive with Violescent sea-whip Paramuricea clavata

Diving in conditions of poor visibility is not exactly the best, but reaching the bottom and being in the presence of the red Gorgonia, Paramuricea clavata, Violescent sea-whip repays for every effort and discomfort. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 13, 2020

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01:42

Yellow Soft coral - Dendronephthya hemprichi

Dendronephthya hemprichi is a common soft coral found from Red Sea to WesternPacific. It is usually pink or orange with transparent trunk and it grows up to 70 cm.

Stefano

July 12, 2020

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02:07

Blue spiny starfish

Coscinasterias tenuispina is a starfish in the family Asteriidae. It is sometimes called the Blue spiny starfish or the white starfish. It occurs in shallow waters in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Coscinasterias tenuispina has from 6 to 12 arms (usually 7), often of varying lengths, and grows to 20 cm. in diameter.

Fanino Cirivasi

July 4, 2020

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02:00

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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02:54

Cotylorhiza tuberculata as  “incubator” for Caranx crysos

The Cotylorhiza tuberculata beautiful and elegant lends itself well to underwater photography and video footage, making itself admired by all those who love the sea. This video is particularly interesting because I have never encountered a Mediterranean Cassiopea stormed and completely surrounded by so many fry of Caranx crysos.

Fanino Cirivasi

June 23, 2020

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02:40

Flamenco dancer in Mediterranea sea

It is the largest nudibranch mollusk in the Mediterranean Sea, reaching 30 centimeters in length. The only nudibranch able to move in the water by swimming with its side fins making an elegant, sinuous and sensual movement as if she were a Spanish flamenco dancer.

Fanino Cirivasi

June 17, 2020

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04:27

Oblada melanura - Saddled seabream

Saddled seabream (Oblada melanura Linnaeus, 1758) is a saltwater fish belonging to the Sparidae family. It is the only species of the genus Oblada. Oblada melanura Occhiata Saddled seabream sparidae intotheblue.it ...

Andrea Cirivasi

June 14, 2020

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01:27

One-spot snapper

Lutjanus monostigma can reach a maximum length of 60 centimetres in males, with a common length of 50 centimetres. The dorsal profile of head is gently to moderately sloped and adults are silvery white with yellow fins.

Stefano

June 11, 2020

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01:21

Mediterranean Moray

The Mediterranean Moray (Muraena helena). It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic where there are reef or corals devoid of sedimentation and rich in ravines at depths between 5 and 50 meters. Juvenile individuals are often found in very low water.

Fanino Cirivasi

June 10, 2020

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01:56

Red Blenny - Lipophrys nigriceps

Red Blenny (Lipophrys nigriceps) is a small fish belonging to the Blenniidae family. It is widespread in the Mediterranean Sea and it is a species much sought after by underwater photographers for its very bright colors ...

Andrea Cirivasi

June 3, 2020

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02:46

Barnacles

Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile (nonmobile) suspension feeders, and have four nektonic (active swimming) larval stages. Around 1,000 barnacle species are currently known.

Fanino Cirivasi

June 1, 2020

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00:55

Eritrean Butterflyfish

The Eritrean butterflyfish or Crown butterflyfish, (Chaetodon paucifasciatus), is a species butterflyfish belongns Chaetodontidae family. It is essentially just known in theRed Sea and the Gulf of Aden, but has been reported in East Africa. It grows up to 14 cm in length.

Stefano

May 28, 2020

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01:14

Red Lionfish

The Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is a fish venomous who live coral reef; Pterois volitansis natively is found in the Indo-Pacific region, but has become an invasive problem in the Carribbean Sea, as well as along the East Coast of the United States.

Stefano

May 25, 2020

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02:02

Clown Coris Fish

The Clown coris (Coris aygula) is a species of wrass native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean, belonging to the Actinopterygii class, to the order Perciformes, Labridae family.This species can reach a total length of 70-120 cm.

Stefano

May 17, 2020

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Masked Puffer

The masked puffer (Arothron diadematus) is a pufferfish belongs Actinopterygii class, he lives Red Sea only. Maximum length 30 cm, olive-green/grey with a black mask over the eyes and pectoral fins, mouth has a black border. Usually solitary but schools during mating period.

Stefano

May 11, 2020

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Giant Trevally

The giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis), is distinguished by its steep head profile, strong tail scutes, and a variety of other more detailed anatomical features. It is normally a silvery colour with occasional dark spots, but males may be black once they mature.

Stefano

May 9, 2020

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Sponge Callyspongia ramosa

This video was shot during a dive in the Nosy Be coral reef in Madagascar. These sponges are typical of the seabed of Madagascar and of the eastern African areas such as Mozambique and Tanzania. These sponges that live in small colonies can reach 60 cm. in height. 

Stefano

May 3, 2020

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00:54

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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01:08

Red-breasted Wrasse

The Red-breasted wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) is lives in the lagoons and coral reefs of the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Young people prefer areas with a lot of aquatic vegetation, adults are often found in areas rich in corals and with sandy bottoms.

Stefano

April 29, 2020

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Ridge outside Livorno

We are in a stretch of sea between Livorno and the island of Gorgona, off the island of Gorgona at a depth of between -62m. -67m. The seabed is typical of the Mediterranean Sea at high depths (even if there are no Gorgonians) we see a rocky wall full of life

Carlo Terreni

April 27, 2020

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Maldives

This video was made in Fuvahmulah and on the islands of the Suvadiva Channel in the Republic of Madive. The images, shot at a depth of between -30 meters and over -70 meters of depth, show us a truly exuberant and uncontaminated marine life and the biologic life of the underwater world.

Carlo Terreni

April 24, 2020

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Giant Barrel Sponge

The Giant Barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta) is the largest species of sponge found growing on Caribbean coral reefs. It is common at depths greater than 10 metres down to 120 metres and can reach a diameter of 1.8 metres. It is typically brownish-red to brownish-gray in color, with a hard or stony texture.

Stefano

April 23, 2020

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Mediterranean Starfish Echinaster sepositus

The Mediterranean starfish, Echinaster sepositus, is a species of starfish from the East Atlantic, including the Mediterranean Sea. Echinaster sepositus has five relatively slender arms around a small central disc. It usually has a diameter of up to 20 cm, but can exceptionally reach up to 30 cm.

Fanino Cirivasi

April 19, 2020

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Green Birdmouth Wrasse

Gomphosus caeruleus, the Green Birdmouth wrasse, is tropical species of wrasse is native to the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, East and South Africa. It occurs on rocky reefs and coral, especially in coral-rich areas of lagoon and seaward reefs. It occurs between depths of 1–35 metres.

Stefano

April 10, 2020

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Red Sea Bannerfish

Red Sea Bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) this fish is pale yellow below and white above, with two broad diagonal black bands, up to 20 cm in length. The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish.

Stefano

March 28, 2020

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02:36

Red Scorpionfish of Mediterranean Sea on Violescent sea-whip

Red Scorpionfish of Mediterranean Sea, (Scorpaena scrofa), common name the red scorpionfish is a venomous marine species of fidh in the family Scorpaenidae, the "scorpionfish". This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 21, 2020

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01:33

Azure Vase sponge

AThe Azure Vase sponge,sponge of caribbean sea, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the Demospongiae class, family Callyspogiidae. This movie movie was made during a diving in the Caribbean sea, in the coral reef of Cayo Largo, a small island in the Los Canarreos Archipelago.

Stefano

March 14, 2020

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00:45

Yellow-edged Lyretail

The Yellow-edged Lyretail (Variola louti) also known as the lyretail grouper or the caramel cod. The yellow-edged lyretail is found from the Red Sea to South Africa and the Pitcairn Islands, as far as southern Japan and Australia.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 11, 2020

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01:53

Basket Star

The Basket Star is characterized by five tentacles, each branched several times, with which it clings to the branches of the soft corals and which are opened at night to feed on.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 8, 2020

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00:47

Bluespotted Grouper

Cephalopholis argus, also known as roi, bluespotted grouper, and celestial grouper is species is extremely widely distributed, occurring in warm waters from the Red Sea to South Africa and east to French Polynesia and the Pitcairn group.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 5, 2020

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Reteporella Grimaldii

It is composed of a colony of small animals that form a limestone substrate which takes the form of a refined lace. Hence the name of sea lace. The animals that compose it live on organic particles, plankton, filtering the water carried by the current.

Fanino Cirivasi

March 3, 2020

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Excessive Proliferation of Sea Walnuts for Marine Heating

This video was made at the end of August 2019 in Castiglioncello in the province of Livorno in Tuscany and shows us an excessive proliferation of Mnemiopsis leidyi due to marine heating.

Fanino Cirivasi

February 23, 2020

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02:38

Beadlet Anemone

The Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina) is a common sea anemone found on rocky shores around all coasts of the British Isles. Its range extends to the rest of Western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea

Fanino Cirivasi

February 16, 2020

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Gorgonia Flabellum

I filmed this Gorgonia Flabellum during an underwater excursion in the Red Sea at a depth of about 30 meters. The Gorgonias are an important biological indicator because they are very sensitive to pollution and sea heatingI.

Stefano

February 9, 2020

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Common Brittle Star

The common brittle star is extremely variable in colouration, ranging from violet, purple or red to yellowish or pale grey, often spotted with red. The arms are usually white or grey with pink bands. The central disc is about one centimetre in diameter with the five arms being about five times as long.

Fanino Cirivasi

February 4, 2020

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