Astrospartus mediterraneus Paramuricea clavata intotheblue.it-2023-03-26-16h41m14s737
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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. ...
T_Aiptasia mutabilis Trumpet anemone Anemone bruno-2022-11-18-21h23m23s240
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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. ...
Rhizostoma pulmo Barrel Jellyfish Medusa Polmone di mare intotheblue.it-2022-07-07-s424
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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. ...
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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 ...
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06:23

Octopus

In times of covid 19, quarantines, various stages and pandemics, we too have resumed filming and photographing the various marine species that populate the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. And to start again in beauty we publish the meeting with a beautiful and big octopus met during a storm in this gloomy June in a few meters of depth ...
madrepora a cuscino – cladocora caespitosa – cushion coral – intotheblue.it – vlcsnap-2018-01-25-10h29m28s864
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02:25

Cushion Coral

Cladocora caespitosa, commonly known as cushion coral, (Linnaeus, 1758) is a large madrepore of the order Madreporari, subclass Hexacorallia, Class Anthozoans (Philum Cnidaria) ...
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Mediterranean jellyfish

Mediterranean jellyfish are marine planktonic animals, belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, which together with the Ctenophores formed once those who were Coelenterates. We publish a collage of several jellyfish encountered during our dives ...