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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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19:17

Cetacean sanctuary: meeting with Dolphins and Humpback whales

As usual every year we tell of the meeting with the Dolphins, this one took place on 02/08/2020 and a Whale almost certainly a Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae in the day before 01/08/2020 always together with many dolphins. ...

Fanino Cirivasi

August 3, 2020

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02:04

Giant Triton

Charonia tritonis, common name the Triton's trumpet or the giant triton, is a species of very large sea scnail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Charoniidae, Gastropoda class. The tritons reaching up to 60 cm ...

Fanino Cirivasi

August 6, 2020

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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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01:43

Fish that defend their territory - Labrus mixtus

In this article we want to dispel some myths for which some species of fish approach the diver to get acquainted or otherwise. In the video we actually see a Cuckoo wrasse female Whistle Thrush (Labrus mixtus) approaching the diver, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 16, 2020

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02:13

The Humpback whale in Mediterranean sea

While navigating to reach the chosen seabed for the usual scuba diving, we came across a sight never seen before. On 1 August 2020 in the stretch of sea about 9 miles off Castiglioncello, on the route to the Island of Capraia ...

GAL

August 20, 2020

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04:45

Mimicry

One of the things that often happens during a dive is to pass in front of some fish and some organisms without seeing them. In this case, this is exactly what happened, fortunately being a couple and having the opportunity to review ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 21, 2020

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01:11

The hole of Seabream

Seabream, Diplodus Sargus, is one of the most common fish of our seas and of the Mediterranean, it can be found in any type of seabed and habitat. It is a strongly territorial and social species, in fact it lives in groups of different individuals and different sizes. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

August 24, 2020

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