June 10, 2025
Hodoliths, sponges, deep-sea kelps, and several anemones
The first dive is in an interesting coralligenous bed with many sponges. Some of the tallest sponges have egg cases laid by common squids.
In one of the sides of the reef we can watch five crayfish. The area is surrounded by dead sea urchins that have been eaten by them.
The many crevices are home for the crayfish, but also for forkbeard fish and swallowtail sea perch. Other areas of the reef were used by scorpionfishes, while some red mullets were wandering around.
The only gorgonian we spotted is the small Bebryce mollis.
Another site surveyed was a mix of coralligenous and rhodoliths beds. There were many green algae (Flabellia petiolata) living on the coralline crusts, Again, many sponges and sea squirts. We took a grab that we will analyze later.
The last one was similar, but with more rhodoliths, sponges, deep-sea kelps, and several anemones.
More pictures to give you an idea of the seacapes


