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Special mission mediterranean Spiny Lobster – Missione speciale Aragosta – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-04-22-15h21m27s988
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Special mission mediterranean Spiny lobster

It is late August and Summer is the period in which many marine organisms prepare for procreation. We have therefore decided to reach a deep Mediterranean coral reef, over 7 miles from the coast, knowing that, with a bit of luck, we will find lobsters. We chose a deep dive because at that depth it is more difficult for fishermen to lower their fishing nets and therefore to be more ...
Fanino Cirivasi
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Blue-barred Parrotfish – Pesce Pappagallo fiamma – Scarus ghobban – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-21-15h59m26s441
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Blue-barred parrotfish

Blue-barred parrotfish, Scarus ghobban, also known as the Blue trim parrotfish, Cream parrotfish, Globe-headed parrotfish, Green blotched parrotfish, Yellow scale parrotfish, and Bluechin parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Scaridae. This species is blue-green to green in colour and commonly grows to approximately 46 cm. Its appearance is variable. ...
Stefano
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School of Smallspotted Dart – Leccia Stella maculata – Trachinotus baillonii – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-18-14h13m14s749
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School of Smallspotted Dart

The Small Spotted Dart, Trachinotus baillonii, is a species of jack in the family Carangidae, can reach a maximum length of 60 cm in males and a maximum weight of 1,5 Kg. The body color varies from silvery blue to grey above, with some small black spots on the flanks. The number of these spots increases with age. This fish is silvery white below. It has large, strong fins, a forked tail, and a narrow base. ...
Stefano
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Spotted Eagle Ray – Aquila di Mare Maculata – Aetobatus narinari – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-13-16h17m58s412
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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
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Horned Sea Star – Stella Marina Cornuta – Protoreaster nodosus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-02-16h42m50s691
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Horned Sea Star

Horned Sea Star, Protoreaster nodosus, commonly known as chocolate chip sea star, is a species of sea star found in the warm, shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. They are sometimes seen in the marine aquarium trade or dried and sold as curios. Protoreaster nodosus possess rows of spines or "horns"; black conical points arranged in a single row, radially on the dorsal side ...
Stefano
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European Lobster – Astice europeo – Homarus gammarus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-29-14h54m26s788
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European Lobster

European lobster, Homarus Gammarus, known as the Common Lobster, belongs crustaceans class, Malacrostaca subclass, Decapoda order, Nephropidae family, it has a body completely covered by a robust shell with two large claws, different from each other, one more stocky and massive and one more sharp and slender. In front of the mouth it has six antennas as organs of touch, the thorax is smooth with ...
Fanino Cirivasi
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Blackbelly Triggerfish – Rhinecanthus verrucosus – Pesce Balestra Macchiato – www,intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-10-11h22m27s477
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Blackbelly Triggerfish

Blackbelly Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus verrucosus) is a ray-finned fish in the family Balistidae found in the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It is sometimes known as the blackpatch triggerfish. The blackbelly triggerfish has a laterally compressed, deep body and a long snout. In shape it is romboidal and it grows to a maximum length of 23 cm (9.1 in) ...
Stefano
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Convict Surgeonfish – Pesce Chirurgo pentastriato – Acanthurus triostegus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-11-29-17h10m03s609
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Convict Surgeonfish

The Convict Surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus, also known as the convict tang, or manini, is a small surgeonfish in family Acanthuridae of the order Perciformes. It is typically about 17 cm long, but some individuals may reach 27 cm. These tangs are widespread. They are found in the Indo-Pacific except for seas around the Arabian Peninsula, in the Pacific at ...
Stefano
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Reproduction – Peltodoris atromaculata – Riproduzione – www.intotheblue.it -UOVA-EGGS-2025-03-23-19h12m14s485
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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
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Mediterranean Cardinalfish – Re di Triglie o Pesce Cardinale – Apogon imberbis – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-10-17-16h38m26s969
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Cardinalfish

Cardinalfish, Apogon imberbis, or Mediterranean cardinalfish, king of the mullets, is a species of ray-finned fish, a cardinalfish belonging to the family Apogonidae. It is widely distributed in the Mediterranean and along the warm temperate and tropical eastern Atlantic coasts from Portugal south to the Gulf of Guinea and includes the Canary Islands, Madeira, ...
Fanino Cirivasi
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Dussumier’s halfbeak – Pesce Mezzobecco – Hyporhamphus dussumieri – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-14-16h44m37s494
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Dussumier's halfbeak

Dussumier's halfbeak (Hyporhamphus dussumieri), also known as the slender garfish, lives in reefs and shallow lagoons. It is an Indo-Pacific species which is found from the Seychelles east to the Tuamotu islands, north to Hong Kong and Okinawa and south to northern Australia. They form schools which are found near the surface of lagoons and seaward reefs. ...
Stefano
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Branched sponge Spugna alberello Spugna ramificata Axinella-2025-03-14-21h06m12s463
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Tree Sponge or Branched Sponge - Axinella polypoides

In this dive on a seabed of about 40-42 meters deep we encountered the Tree Sponge or Branched Sponge, Axinella polypoides, a sponge typical of the Mediterranean Sea that develops vertically often with various branches almost like a coral. Branched sponge Spugna alberello Spugna ramificata Axinella intotheblue.it ...
Andrea Cirivasi
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Graeffe’s sea cucumber – Cetriolo di mare di Graeffei – Pearsonothuria graeffei – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-12-09h53m44s180
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Graeffe's sea cucumber

Graeffe's sea cucumber, Pearsonothuria graeffei , is a sea cucumbers in the family Holothuridae; it is the only species in the genus. Graeffe's sea cucumber is found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.  Is a roughly cylindrical, thin-walled sea cucumber that grows to about 30 centimetres in length. Its mouth, at one end, is surrounded by a ring of up to 24 leaf-like, paddle-shaped tentacles ...
Stefano
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Loggerhead sea turtle – Tartaruga marina comune – Caretta caretta – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-26-16h36m49s938
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Redang Island Malaysia Turtle Sanctuary

This video was made on the island of Redang in Malaysia during a boat trip to go to the famous Turtle Sanctuary: in fact, in certain periods of the year many turtles reach this location to lay their eggs. They have thus also become a tourist attraction and are so used to the presence of man that they allow themselves to be approached very easily. Redang Island is one ...
Stefano
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Striped Eel Catfish – Pesce Gatto dei Coralli – Plotosus lineatus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-03-01-15h48m07s822
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Striped Eel Catfish

Plotosus lineatus, commonly known as the Striped Eel Catfish, is a species of eeltail catfishes belonging to the family Plotosidae. Like most other members of the genus Plotosus. they possesses highly venomous spines that they can use to sting when threatened. The venom can cause mild to severe symptoms in humans. Plotosus lineatus is native to the Indo-Pcific but has become introduced to the Mediterranean Sea ...
Stefano
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Yellowback fusilier – Fuciliere dal Dorso Giallo – Caesio xanthonota – www.intotheblue.it-2023-12-04-15h03m34s154
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Yellowback Fusilier

Yellowback Fusilier (Caesio xanthonota) is a pelagic marine ray-finned fish, a fusilier belonging to the family Caesionidae. It is native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, being found in shallow water from the East African coast to Indonesia. The yellowback fusilier was first formally described 1853 by the Dutch icthyologist Pieter Bleeker with the type locality given as Batavia on Java. ...
Stefano
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Permiculated Angelfish – Pesce Angelo Vermicolato – Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-23-14h58m37s690
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Vermiculated Angelfish

Vermiculated Angelfish, Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus, is a species of marine ray-finned fish a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific region. Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus has blue lips contrasting with its yellow face. There is a black vertical band which runs through the eye. The body has a cinereous area ...
Stefano
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Yellow-lipped sea Krait – Serpente di mare bocca gialla – Laticauda colubrina – www.intotheblue.it-2025-02-19-10h16m30s742
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Yellow-lipped sea krait

Yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina), also known as the banded sea krait or colubrine sea krait, is a species of venomous sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. The snake has distinctive black stripes and a yellow snout, with a paddle-like tail for use in swimming. It spends much of its time under water to hunt, but returns to land to digest ...
Stefano
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Whale Shark – Squalo Balena – Rhincodon typus – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-08-15h59m00s108
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Whale Shark

Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m. The whale shark holds many records for size in the animal kingdom, most notably being by far the most massive living non-cetacean animal. It is the sole member of the genus Rhincodon  ...
Stefano
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Young Yellowbelly rock cod – Dusky Grouper – Giovane Cernia bruna – Epinephelus marginatus – www.intotheblue.it-2024-10-10-16h43m38s055
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Young Dusky Grouper

Young Dusky Grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, the yellowbelly rock cod or yellowbelly grouper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. This species is the best known grouper species of the Mediterranea Sea and North Africa coast ...
Fanino Cirivasi
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Blue Sea Star – Stella Marina Blu – Linckia laevigata – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2025-02-07-12h39m18s422
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Blue Sea Star Linckia laevigata

Blue Sea Star, Linckia laevigata, (sometimes called the "blue Linckia" or blue star) is a species of sea star in the shallow waters of tropical Indo-Pacific. The variation ("polymorphism", in this case, a "color morph") most commonly found is pure blue, dark blue, or light blue, although observers find the aqua, purple, or orange variation throughout the ocean ...
Stefano
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Orange-spotted spinefoot – Pesce coniglio a macchie arancioni – Siganus guttatus – Golden rabbitfish – www.intotheblue.it-2024-01-22-17h38m27s740
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Orange-spotted spinefoot

Orange-spotted spinefoot (Siganus guttatus), also known as the Deepbody spinefoot, Gold-saddle rabbitfish, Golden rabbitfish, Golden-spotted spinefoot, Goldlined spinefoot or Yellowblotch spinefoot, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a rabbitfish belonging to the family Siganidae. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean ...
Stefano
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Brown Surgeonfish – Pesce Chirurgo marrone – Acanthurus nigrofuscus – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-24-15h02m58s906
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Brown Surgeonfis

Brown Surgeonfis, Acanthurus nigrofuscus, also known as the blackspot surgeonfish, brown tang, dusky surgeon, lavender tang or spot-cheeked surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornishes and tangs. ...
Stefano
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Dusky parrotfish – Pesce Pappagallo scuro – Scarus niger – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-21-17h41m38s331
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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
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T_Leopard-spotted goby Thorogobius ephippiatus Ghiozzo leopardo-2025-01-26-17h32m44s059
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Leopard gobi

Leopard gobi, Thorogobius ephippiatus, is a shy and timid fish and is considered a rare species for divers to encounter. We find it quite often in coralligenous seabeds that vary from 38 to 42 meters deep as in this case. It is probably considered rare ...
Andrea Cirivasi
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Lobactis scutaria – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-17-14h24m11s883
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Lobactis scutaria

Lobactis is a genus of plate or mushroom coral in the family Fungiidae. The genus is monotypic with a single species, Lobactis scutaria, that is found in the Indo-Pacific region. Is a solitary,  non-colonial coral that is free living and not attached to the seabed. It is discoid or elongated in shape and can grow to a very large size ...
Stefano
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Gilt-head bream in shallow seabed – Orata nel basso fondale – Sparus aurata – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-10-16-16h21m27s261
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Gilt-head bream in shallow seabed

Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758) is a bony sea and brackish water fish belonging to the Sparidae family. The name derives from the characteristic gold stripe that the fish shows between its eyes. Gilt-head bream is present throughout the Mediterranean basin and in the eastern Atlantic ...
Fanino Cirivasi
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Desjardin’s sailfin tang – Pesce Chirurgo pinne a vela – Zebrasoma desjardinii – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-07-16h33m16s047
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Desjardin's sailfin tang

Desjardin's sailfin tang, or Sailfin surgeonfish, Red Sea sailfin tang, (Zebrasoma desjardinii) is a marine reef tang in the fish family Acanthuridae.  Zebrasoma desjardinii grows to a maximum length of 40 cm (16 in), with sexual dimorphism producing males that are larger than females. ...
Stefano
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Brown Mesh Sea Star – Stella marina Nardoa – Nardoa galatheae – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-01-06-09h22m08s362
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Brown Mesh Sea Star

The Brown Mesh Sea Star, Nardoa galatheae, is a genus of sea stars in the family Ophidiasteridae. The Ophidiasteridae are a family of sea stars with about 30 genera. Occurring both in the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, ophidiasterids are greatest in diversity in the Indo-Pacific. Many of the genera in this family exhibit brilliant colors and patterns ...
Stefano
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Mahsena emperor – Imperatore mahsena o pesce Imperatore del cielo – Lethrinus mahsena – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-12-09-15h00m42s220
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Mahsena emperor

Mahsena emperor, Lethrinus mahsena, common names the sky emperor, is a species of emperor fish. It grows to 65 cm in length, but is commonly found at 35 to 45 cm. This fish may be yellow to greenish-blue or olive-grey, becoming paler toward the belly. It is a non-migratory, reef-associated fish that has a high commercial value. The body of this species may be ...
Stefano
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Mediterranean Red Starfish Echinaster sepositus Stella marina rossa-2025-01-03-14h27m38s775
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Red Starfish

Red starfish in this video - Echinaster sepositus - was filmed on a seabed of about 5 meters deep while free-diving, in the waters of the beautiful "Secche di Vada". We often visit these areas near the lighthouse for various reasons: the exceptional transparency of the water, the shallow depth, the presence of Posidonia oceanica that despite ...
Andrea Cirivasi
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El Nido, Panglao, Oslob in the Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7641 island, with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geografical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippines ...
Stefano
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Powder-blue surgeonfish – Pesce chirurgo dalla gola bianca – Acanthurus leucosternon – www.intotheblue.it-2023-11-28-18h02m53s198
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Powder-blue surgeonfish

Powder-blue surgeonfish, Acanthurus leucosternon, commonly known as the blue surgeonfish or powder blue tang, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs. This species is found in the Indian Ocean. The fish can reach an average size of 23 cm in length. ...
Stefano
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Specklefin grouper from Maldives – Cernia maculata delle Maldive – Epinephelus ongus – www.intotheblue.it-2023-05-30-12h30m25s127
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Specklefin grouper from Maldives

Epinephelus ongus, the white-streaked grouper, specklefin grouper, lace-finned rock-cod, specklefin rockcod, wavy-lined tock-cod, white-speckled grouper or white-spotted rock-cod, is a grouper from the subfamily Epenephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. ...
Stefano
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Acropora robusta coral – Corallo Madrepora robusta – Acropora robusta – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2023-11-30-14h50m15s046
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Acropora robusta coral

Acropora robusta coral is a species of acroporid coral found in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the southwest and northern Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, the East China Sea and the oceanic west and central Pacific Ocean. It occurs in tropical shallow reefs, mainly along margins that are exposed to the action of strong waves, ...
Stefano
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White-tuft Protula – Protula dal ciuffo bianco – Protula tubolaria – www.intotheblue.it – www.intotheblue.link-2024-10-22-17h01m51s858
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White-tuft Protula

White-tuft Protula, Protula tubularia, is a marine worm belonging to the class of sedentary Polychaetes and the order of Serpulidae which lives in a white calcareous tube and is present throughout the Mediterranean Sea at depths that can vary from 10 meters to over 100 metres. It is a very common annelid throughout the Mediterranean ...
Fanino Cirivasi
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