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Mediterranean Mussel

The Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) is a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Mytilidae. It is an invasive species in many parts of the world, and also an object of aquaculture. Mytilus galloprovincialis is one of the three principal, closely related species in the Mytilus edulis complex.

Fanino Cirivasi

September 12, 2024

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Fanworm - Sabella spallanzanii

European Fanworm is one of the easiest organisms to encounter during a dive or more simply when you go underwater at any depth. However, it is almost impossible not to stop and admire it trying to observe it ...

netartstudio

December 11, 2021

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Diving in Posidonia

Diving in Posidonia can make you think of a boring dive in which it is difficult to find fish and marine organisms. Sometimes this is certainly the case but the Poseidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean Sea is actually a safe haven and a nursery ...

Andrea Cirivasi

October 17, 2021

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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, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

November 22, 2020

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Pinna Nobilis and Haplosporidium Pinnae

During a scuba diving in a seabed of about twenty meters of sand and rock, I found a specimen of Noble Pen Shell, Pinna Nobilis, probably affected by the parasite Haplosporidium Pinnae. ...

Andrea Cirivasi

January 12, 2020

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Sabella spallanzanii - Fanworm

European Fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii Gmelin, 1805) is a polychaeta ringworm from the Sabellidae family, ...

Andrea Cirivasi

July 10, 2019

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