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Goldblotch grouper - Epinephelus costae
We are in Sardinia in the marine reserve of Capo Carbonara where in a few meters we met the Golden Grouper. ...
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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, ...
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06:06
White gorgonian - Eunicella singularis
White gorgonian Eunicella singularis, is a gorgonian typical of the Mediterranean Sea, grows on rocky, muddy and detrital bottoms and often colonizes bottoms that have undergone stress caused by the change in water temperatures or damage caused by trawling, replacing the other species ...
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10:35
Paramuricea clavata - Red gorgonian - Reproduction
In this dive of August 15, 2023 we filmed an event that has not yet been documented much in our Mediterranean Sea. This is the reproduction of the red Gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata). Like every year in summer, this beautiful coral reproduces with the synchronized emission of male and female gametes released by the polyps which open by extruding thin semi-transparent filaments exceptionally long up to 5 cm. ...
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06:43
Sustainable fishing Red gorgonia
In the video you can see a branch of red Gorgonia, Paramuricea clavata, measuring over a meter in length, torn a few days ago from the reef where it was located, lying dying on the muddy seabed. This species and these corals when they manage to reach such dimensions are about a hundred years old. Collecting the coral from the seabed you can still see open and therefore alive polyps.