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Blacktailed Wrasse (Symphodus melanocercus)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
compare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18015121
and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174166850 for the Symphodus in treatment
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solarboot-projekteDescription
observation is for the blue structure on the edge of the Komplex Padina pavonica. Is it part of the Padina or is it another specimen atop?
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Acalyptrate Flies (Zoosubsection Acalyptratae)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
size 7-8 mm
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Pearly Razorfish (Xyrichtys novacula)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
Xyrichtys novacula diving into sand (compare animated picture 3)
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San Diego Sea Squirt (Botrylloides diegensis)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
the id is for the red-orange structured animal
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Wide-eyed Flounder (Bothus podas)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
Specimen adapting color to the substrate
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Jacks (Family Carangidae)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
this is the observation of the small fishes which were living in and with the Cotylorhiza tuberculata (compare observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72657246)
Interesting reading: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326329525_Associations_between_fish_and_jellyfish_in_the_NW_Mediterranean
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Atlantic White-spotted Octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)Observer
dennisthediverDescription
We went for another black water drift snorkel or apnea.
Lots of little critters and huge Pyrosomes.
Very interesting.
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Pencil Squids (Family Loliginidae)Observer
dennisthediverDescription
We went for a Black Water apnea session.
Swimming out into the dark and looking for critters at the surface.
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Pencil Squids (Family Loliginidae)Observer
dennisthediverDescription
We went for a Black Water apnea session.
Swimming out into the dark and looking for critters at the surface.
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Indian Lionfish (Pterois miles)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
water depth 6 m
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Ornate Wrasse (Thalassoma pavo)Observer
solarboot-projektePlace
Ethniko Thalassio Parko Zakynthou, Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece (Google, OSM)
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Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
We observed a group of 5-6 individuals.
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Mediterranean Dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)Observer
pthirschfieldDescription
The fish was approx 2 metres in length and found in approx 2 metres of depth: https://www.youtube.com/embed/A1_6F2Z4abU
Apparently this is only the 3rd reported sighting in Port Phillip Bay in 109 years: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Trachipterus+trachypterus
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Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
this Octopus vulgaris was accompanied at least for some minutes by two Serranus scriba (compare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136894786 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136894794), a Serranus cabrilla (compare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136894795) and a Symphodus rostratus (compare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136894787). The observed individual specimen are the same as can be seen in some of the pictures of this Octopus observation.
The small group of Serranus and Symphodus followed the Octopus and all were just looking at the Octopus. When the Octopus moved (several times) they followed and waited again...
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East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse (Symphodus tinca)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
observation is for the fish in the center
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Oyster Sponge (Crambe crambe)Observer
solarboot-projekteDescription
20.03.2022 The observation was made in a small cave. The first 4 pictures got an increased brightness to get a better understanding of the structure; the additionally added 4 pictures are showing the original brightness.
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Bispira mariaeObserver
stefadrianDescription
Bispira cf. mariae
Regarding the difference between B. mariae and B. volutacornis, Trainito and Baldacconi claim in their "Atlante di Flora e Fauna del Mediterraneo" (6th ed. 2021) mariae is the species of the Mediterraneis, whereas volutacornis is found in the Atlantic Sea. But I cannot say how they came by this information.
Sighting the relevant Bispira specimen on iNat I come to the conclusion that the Bispira "volutacornis" respectively "mariae" of the Atlantic coast of Europe are mostly (but not all) comparatively pale in color, variable in color, the bands of the crown are pale or nonexistent. ~ Bispira volutacornis?
The specimen of the Eastern Mediterraneis and Adriatic are mostly (but not all) of a comparatively dark brownish/orange color, mostly with prominent white and black bands. ~ Bispira mariae?
(In the Western Mediterraneis the rate of pale and uniformely colored specimen seems to be somewhat higher than in the E-Med.)
