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18:32

Astrospartus mediterraneus & Paramuricea clavata

In this amazing dive among Paramuricea clavata, red Gorgonian, we met numerous Gorgon starfish, Basket star or Astrospartus mediterraneus. We are on a rocky bottom between 49 and 52 meters deep, where we have encountered various species of fish and marine species such as sponges, red scorpionfish, Anthias anthias, red mullet, coocko wrasse and more. ...

netartstudio

March 26, 2023

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04:22

Octopus vulgaris - Common octopus

We have filmed Common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, several times on intotheblue.it but each encounter with this cephalopod mollusk is always unique and different from the previous ones. In this case, in fact, the octopus was so well camouflaged on the seabed that it was not possible to see it from just a few meters below the surface. ...

netartstudio

January 20, 2023

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02:17

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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12:53

Leopard-spotted goby - Thorogobius ephippiatus

In these two dives we met the Leopard Goby (Thorogobius ephippiatus) a sea fish belonging to the Gobidae family. In the first we are on a 45 meter seabed made up of coral reefs that rise from a sandy bottom, in the second we are on a patch full of gorgonians but isolated in a bottom of mud and debris at a depth of about 52/53 meters ...

Andrea Cirivasi

September 18, 2022

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02:39

Mediterranean jellyfish or fried egg jellyfish - Cotylorhiza tuberculata

Like all summers we witness the "terrible proliferation of jellyfish" that scares us so much. Mediterranea Cassiopeia (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) (Mediterranean jellyfish, Mediterranean jelly or fried egg jellyfish) that we see in this video is a scifomedusa of the Cepheidae family, and is totally harmless. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 9, 2022

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08:49

Collect plastic and let jellyfish live!

Rhizostoma pulmo (Barrel Jellyfish) is the largest jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea, and is also one of the most common and easiest to encounter. Every summer we manage to film some specimens, in this case we found ourselves in front of a real herd of a hundred jellyfish, a rather rare event in recent years. ...

netartstudio

July 7, 2022

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04:26

Salpa maxima

Salpa maxima also arrived in the upper Tyrrhenian Sea or lower Ligurian Sea, that is, in the waters of Livorno and the province where we often dive. It is a Tunicate; at first sight it looks like a cross between a fish and a jellyfish but it is neither, it is actually a transparent invertebrate belonging to the order of the Salpidae subphylum Tunicata, coming from the deepest oceans and very rare in the Mediterranean....

Andrea Cirivasi

June 2, 2022

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03:25

Warty crab - Eriphia verrucosa

Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775),  warty crab or yellow crab is a species of crab, found in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores. Individual crabs have been caught as far north as Cornwall. ...

netartstudio

May 28, 2022

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09:58

Mucilage in May!

Here we are! and also this year we are here with mucilage phenomenon, the problem is: we are just in May and a week ago there was absolutely nothing in the same place! Could we blame all this on Hannibal anticyclone and the anomalous heat of this season ?! ...

Andrea Cirivasi

May 22, 2022

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04:28

Octopus seen closely HD

Given the success of the video of this octopus (Common octopus Octopus vulgaris) made a few years ago, we decide to republish it in high resolution, eliminating some cut parts and slowing down a few moments such as that of the encounter and escape ...

netartstudio

May 4, 2022

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14:02

Ctenofora - Cestus veneris - Venus girdle

Belt of Venus or girdle of Venus (Cestum veneris Lesueur, 1813) is a species belonging to the phylum Ctenophora, the only species of the genus Cestum. Ctenophora Cestus veneris Venus girdle www.intotheblue.it ...

Andrea Cirivasi

March 26, 2022

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16

02:02

Attack of the mediterranean Grouper

In this short video we see a Mediterranean grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, making a lightning-fast sprint towards a probable prey. It would seem the classic attack of a predatory fish but even if you slow down ...

netartstudio

February 11, 2022

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8

04:22

Flathead grey mullet - Mugil cephalus

In this video we see one of the mullet or mullet species Flathead gray mullet, Mugil cephalus, more common in the Mediterraneoan Sea. This fish usually lives in flocks consisting of numerous individuals. It is a gregarious species and a prey ...

Andrea Cirivasi

November 1, 2021

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07:13

Octopus in the sand

This summer we found this octopus, Octopus vulgaris, quietly exploring a sandy bottom probably in search of food. This behavior is not common enough in octopuses which usually live on sea beds rich in rocks and ravines where ...

netartstudio

October 9, 2021

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7

04:45

Murena helena close encounter

We are 5/6 miles from the coast on a seabed that varies from 45 to 48 meters deep, where we met a beautiful Mediterranean moray, Muraena helena. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

October 3, 2021

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8

04:35

Basket star Astrospartus mediterraneus

It looks like a seaweed, a coral, a gorgonian but in reality it is a starfish. We are talking about the Basket starfish, Astrospartus mediterraneus. This starfish lives in close contact with the gorgonians, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

September 27, 2021

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7

09:49

Golden anemone - Condylactis aurantiaca

Meeting Golden anemone, Condylactis aurantiaca, is always a beautiful event. This anemone also known as sand actinia or sand anemone, lives throughout the Mediterranean Sea and is not always ...

Andrea Cirivasi

September 1, 2021

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5

04:02

Rockpool shrimp - Palaemon elegans

Palaemon elegans sometimes known by the common name rockpool shrimp, is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. Gamberetto di porto Palaemon elegans Rockpool shrimp intotheblue.it ...

netartstudio

August 30, 2021

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5

01:53

Common prawn - Palaemon serratus

Palaemon serratus is a decapod crustacean of the Palaemonidae family. Its vulgar name is greater shrimp, and it is one of the shrimp species that we find in the Mediterranean sea in tide pools and in the intertidal zone, that is, in the area between high and low tide. ...

netartstudio

August 27, 2021

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05:34

The prey of the Octopus

Continue the video series on the Octopus and its behavior. We are on a bed of rock and debris at a depth of about 52 meters. Exploring the seabed we encountered an octopus at the entrance to its hole ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 20, 2021

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20

03:58

Mediterranean Moray - Muraena helena

This Mediterranean Moray was found on a rocky bottom about 45 meters deep. Moray eels often stay in their hole during the day with their heads partially out to check the territory. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

May 16, 2021

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14

02:12

Snorkeling - Beadlet anemone

Even in the Mediterranean you can snorkel and see interesting and colorful marine species as in tropical seas. In the video we can see  Beadlet Anemone or Actinia equina, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

May 8, 2021

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02:26

Red-mouthed rock shell

In this short video we show you how the the Red-mouthed rock shell manages to regain its natural position. The diver turns the shell upside down and the frightened snail ...

Fanino Cirivasi

April 13, 2021

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13:37

Respect for the sea

Summer 2020, trying to forget the COVID 19 pandemic, the explosion of mucilage that is devastating our seabed, I decide to take a dive in an area of ​​the "Secche di Vada" that I haven't seen for some time ...

Andrea Cirivasi

March 25, 2021

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05:05

Sea Snot or marine Mucilage

Effects of climate change in the Mediterranean Sea. The sea Snot or Mucilage caused by marine heating. Nobody can deny that the warming of our planet Earth is now evident even to those who still harbor doubts and uncertainties ...

Fanino Cirivasi

March 17, 2021

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10

01:23

Cylinder anemone - Cerianthus Membranaceus

We are on a mixed seabed made up of sand, debris, mud and some rocks between 44 and 52 meters deep. On the bottom before reaching the cliff we wanted to explore we found the Cerianthus Membranaceus or Tubular Anemone. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

January 1, 2021

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51:07

The reefs of Lighthouse Vada near Livorno

Area of ​​particular interest for its very beautiful reefs and naturalistic value which, in addition to the practice of small fishing, has always been a destination for divers from all over Tuscany and many northern regions. The area known as “Shoals of Vada ...

Fanino Cirivasi

December 6, 2020

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05:02

Wonderful Red Coral wall

The seabed in which we often dive, that is, those of the coast that goes from Livorno to Elba Island, are famous for their beauty and for the biodiversity of the various marine species that populate them despite the impact of humans. Bellissima parete Corallo rosso intotheblue.it ...

Andrea Cirivasi

October 24, 2020

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14

03:05

Muraena Helena

In this video we see an encounter with the Mediterranean Moray, Muraena Helena, made with three different cameras and therefore from various angles. We are on a submerged rocky wall about forty meters deep ...

Andrea Cirivasi

October 4, 2020

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11

01:57

White Sea Pen Pennatula bianca Pteroeides spinosum

So this dive seems to go badly, except for the encounter with the "White Sea Pen" White Pennatula Pteroeides spinosum, a rare soft coral of the Mediterranean Sea that belongs to the philum of the Cnidarians, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 7, 2020

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8

03:12

Bolinopsis vitrea - Glass Ctenophore and Transparent Shrimp

It is probably the glass Ctenophore or Bolinopsis vitrea and its host: a transparent Shrimp perhaps from the Phronima sedentaria or in any case a crustacean belonging to the Phronimidae family. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 1, 2020

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16

00:55

The speed of European Fanworm - Sabella spallanzanii

In this video we see the extraordinary speed with which the European Fanworm or Pencil worm manages to disappear. This Fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii) was found in a hole ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 24, 2020

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16

02:00

Epinephelus marginatus - Brown Grouper - Dusky Grouper

The video was shot on a shoal offshore in a stretch of the Mar Ligure coast, where the groupers had long since practically disappeared and where already in several dives we have seen small specimens of Epinephelus marginatus, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 19, 2020

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01:04

Blue Chromis Chromis

Like all summers, we can see the birth of the fry of black Damselfish Chromis chromis. In the video they are well recognized for the characteristic of being of an intense electric blue colorr. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 18, 2020

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05:01

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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02:30

Red coral is repopulating our seas

Red coral is repopulating our seas, Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) is an octocorallo of the Coralliidae family, once widespread in the Mediterranean sea and in the eastern Atlantic. Il Corallo rosso sta ripopolando i nostri mari intotheblue.it ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 9, 2020

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