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French Polynesia, 448
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Guadeloupe, 114
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Honduras, 1193
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Iceland, 44
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Ireland, 270
Israel, 539
Italy, 4874
Jamaica, 44
Japan, 251
Jordan, 163
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Kenya, 14
Korea, Democratic Peoples's Republic, 1
Korea, Republic of, 109
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Malaysia, 2975
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Malta, 498
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Mayotte, 47
Mexico, 4899
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Morocco, 4
Mozambique, 467
Myanmar (Burma), 86
Nambia, 11
Netherlands, 926
Netherlands Antilles, 2404
New Caledonia, 68
New Zealand, 235
Nicaragua, 8
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Niue, 6
Norfolk Island, 1
Northern Mariana Islands, 265
Norway, 583
Oman, 240
Pakistan, 6
Palau, 483
Palestine Territory, occupied, 24
Panama, 62
Papua New Guinea, 713
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Philippines, 12191
Pitcairn, 2
Poland, 97
Portugal, 858
Puerto Rico, 1897
Qatar, 144
Reunion, 84
Romania, 22
Russia, 249
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Saint Kitts and Nevis, 62
Saint Lucia, 242
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 199
Samoa, 5
Sao Tome and Principe, 7
Saudi Arabia, 216
Senegal, 1
Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia), 13
Seychelles, 193
Singapore, 78
Slovakia (Slovak Republic), 50
Slovenia, 55
Solomon islands, 293
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Spain, 1844
Sri Lanka, 186
Sudan, 385
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, 1
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Sweden, 160
Switzerland, 1383
Syrian Arab Republic, 7
Taiwan, 694
Tanzania, 152
Thailand, 2276
Togo, 1
Tonga, 103
Trinidad and Tobago, 41
Tunisia, 8
Turkey, 2109
Turks and Caicos islands, 246
Tuvalu, 1
Uganda, 3
Ukraine, 910
United Arab Emirates, 403
United Kingdom, 2117
United States, 7367
Uruguay, 1
Vanuatu, 138
Venezuela, 57
Vietnam, 156
Virgin Islands (British), 205
Virgin Islands U.S., 301
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Canyon divers in Italy
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posted:
Sunday, January 14, 2024
category:
Wide Angle - Divers
location:
Landlocked Seas/Lakes
Italy
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Antonio Venturelli
Pilgrim Hervia_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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posted:
Saturday, November 25, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Flabellina _Aug 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso160)
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posted:
Friday, November 10, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Trypterigion tripteronotum photographed just a few meters deep. Nobody looks at it because there are so many of them, but it has its own particular charm and colours!_Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,iso100)
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Friday, November 10, 2023
category:
Macro - Close-Up
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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A macro photo on a black background of a beautiful Flabellina photographed in the sea of Casteldaccia, Sicily_Sept 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso160)
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posted:
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Lamprohaminoea ovalis, a very small mollusc ( not a nudibranch) with beautiful colors, which entered the Mediterranean from the Red Sea and is rapidly expanding_Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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Monday, November 6, 2023
category:
Macro - Close-Up
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Bavosa cervina_Sicily Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f9,iso100)
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Sunday, November 5, 2023
category:
Macro - Close-Up
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Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Cratena nudibranch_Sicily, Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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Saturday, November 4, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
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Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Trypterigion tripteronotum is named peperoncino in Italy because its red color during reproductive period, with a black head . Normally the color is brown-green with lighter vertical bands like this photo _Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f11,iso100)
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Sunday, October 29, 2023
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Macro - Close-Up
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Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Cratena nudibranch_Casteldaccia Sea_Sicily_Oct 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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posted:
Saturday, October 28, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Parablennius zvonimiri( Bavosa cervina)_2023
( Canon100, 1/200, f8,iso100)
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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
category:
Macro - Close-Up
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Flabellina affinis_2023
(Canon100, 1/250,f14,iso100)
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Sunday, October 22, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
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Flabellina affinis_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso100)
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Saturday, October 21, 2023
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Ugo Bassi wreck, lying at 90 meters depth in Sardinia.
It was a cargo steamship that while navigating from Civitavecchia destination Cagliari, was spotted and attacked by the British submarine Severn and after getting torpedoed sank the 28-JUN-41.
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
category:
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Pair of Cratena nudibranchs_2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f/20,iso160)
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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Parablennius p. usually live in shallow waters, spending their time with body in ravines and head alert &curious to observe the environment. For this reason they are excellent shooting subjects for macro uw photos.
(Canon 100,1/200,f13,iso100)
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posted:
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
category:
Macro - Close-Up
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Tyrrhenian Sea
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Peperoncino fish ( Trypterigion tripteronotus)_2023
(Canon100,,1/200,f10,iso100)
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Thursday, October 12, 2023
category:
Macro - Close-Up
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Tyrrhenian Sea
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Cratena peregrina nudibranch _Sicilian Sea_Oct 2023
(Canon 100,1/250,f16,iso100)
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posted:
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
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A Flabellina Affinis nudibranch stands up tall as if roaring for the camera. Macro lenses can create such radical perspectives with these little subjects! Taken in September 2023
(Canon 100,1/200,f14,iso160)
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Monday, October 9, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
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Tyrrhenian Sea
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An individual of Lamprohaminoea ovalis photographed at ~15 mt depth_ La Formica dive site_Casteldaccia,Sicily_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f10,iso100)
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posted:
Saturday, October 7, 2023
category:
Macro - Close-Up
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Cratena nudibranch while eating.Its flashy coloration is aposematic, i.e. it warns predators of the intrinsic poisonousness if by chance an inexperienced fish were to eat it would spit it out due to the terrible taste.
(Canon100, 1/250,f16,iso10...
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Two Cratena are quietly feeding on hydroids in the sea of Casteldaccia. See the open mouth flanked by the oral tentacles. Notice the vertical orientation of the mouth that is the most common configuration in all sea slugs.(Canon100,1/200,f20,i.160)
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Monday, September 25, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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If you were to count all the shades of white, purple, orange, yellow, blue and pink contained in a Mediterranean Flabellina I think one page (in small print) would not be enough! Sept_2023 (Canon100, 1/200,f13,iso100)
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Sunday, September 24, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Chromodoris tricolor_Goa_India_2023
(Canon60,1/200,f18,iso200)
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Monday, September 18, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Arabian Sea
Italy
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Cratena nudibranch_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso200)
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posted:
Friday, September 15, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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A Felimare nudi emerges from a seaweed called Padina pavonica. _Not everyone knows that an active ingredient is extracted from P. pavonica & used in cosmetics for skin moisturize . Natura always reserves surprises!_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f16,i.200)
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Friday, September 15, 2023
category:
Macro - Nudibranchia
location:
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
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Flabellinae are often found perched in precarious positions. But by waiting a bit you can often find the right angle to see them almost entirely, as in this photo.Sept_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f14,iso160)
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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