Red Mullet

Mullus barbatus barbatus or Mullus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758), is a marine bone fish belonging to the Famiglis Mullidae. The red mullet can grow to a standard length of 30 cm., but a more common length is about half that. ...

European fan worm - Sabella spallanzanii

We are exploring a seabed about 6 miles from the coast, which varies from 39 to 49 meters in depth, in search of rocks and a submerged reef reported just before the sounding. Before arriving at the dive site we met a beautiful European fan worm, Sabella spallanzanii, ...

Seaweed Corallina 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. This red alga has a color that varies from the whitish ...

Funny brittle Starfish

Among the many starfish that inhabit the Mediterranean Sea we find the funny Ofiure known brittle starfish; Ophiodermatidae family. They belong to the phylum Echinodermata, class Ophiuroidea, to the family Ophiodermatidae. ...

Red scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa

In this video we have filmed quite closely a Red scorpionfish Scorpaena scrofa, encountered on a rocky bottom ranging from 39 to 43 meters deep. ...

Green Chiton - Chiton olivaceus

Chiton olivaceus, the green chiton, is a species of chiton, a marine polyplacophoran mollusk in theChitonidae family, the typical chitons. Chiton olivaceus can reach a length of 20-30 millimetres ...

Crabs “Clibanarius erythropus” : meeting for reproduce

In this short video you can see an unusual grouping of hermit crabs Clibanarius erythropus. The video was made at the end of July. This period of summer coincides with the reproduction period of these unique marine crabs ...