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Raja is a genus of skates containing nearly 30 species They are flat bodied cartilaginous fish with a rhombic shape due to their large pectoral fins extending from or nearly from the snouts to the bases of their tails Their sharp snouts are produced by a cranial projection of rostral cartilage The mouth and gills…
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The Ornate Wrasse Thalassoma pavo is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Gabon and the oceanic islands and is found throughout most of the Mediterranean Sea except for parts of the northern coasts of the western Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea It is however found in the Ligurian…
Pennatula aculeata belongs to the order Pennatulacea subclass Octocorallia class Anthozoa phylum Cnidaria and kingdom Animalia There are 16 families within the order Pennatulacea they are thought to have a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate waters worldwide Sea pens are grouped with the octocorals soft corals together with sea whips or gorgonians Although named…
Scyllarus pygmaeus is a species of slipper lobster that lives in shallow water in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean The common name in English is Pygmy Locust Lobster in French Cigale Naine and in Spanish Cigarra Enana Scyllarus pygmaeus is the smallest slipper lobster species with a carapace length of 11 5 millimetres…
Berthella is a species of sea slug marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchidae superfamily Pleurobranchoidea order Pleurobranchomorpha infraclass Opisthobranchia subclass Heterobranchia class Gastropoda and phylum Mollusca Berthella ocellata the species to the left can reach more than 50mm in length The main features of this species are the domed mantle its dark brown colour…
Maruti jeeps are very popular on Gozo most especially with those divers who rent a jeep to dive independently Still the last place where one would expect to see these jeeps is underwater At this dive site apart from the jeep in the above photo there is another Maruti jeep which is however in a…
Flabellina pedata is a species of sea slug an aolid nudibranch a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae superfamily Flabellinoidea class Gastropoda and phylum Mollusca This nudibranch is easily recognised by the overall pink purple coloration of the body and processes In the Mediterranean it can grow to about 20 mm long while specimens…
Peltodoris atromaculata is a species of sea slug a dorid nudibranch a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae superfamily Doridoidea class Gastropoda and phylum Mollusca Peltodoris atromaculata is known by different names in different languages such as the Dotted Sea Slug Snail Cow English Vacchetta di Mare Lumaca Maculata Italian Doris Macul e Doris…
Pterotrachea coronata is a species of large floating sea snail a pelagic gastropod mollusc in the family Pterotracheidae The family Pterotracheidae is in the clade Littorinimorpha and as such it is related to families as the tritons Ranellidae and the tun shells Tonnidae The shell is present only in larvae and is lost following metamorphosis…