Underwater Photo Location: AMP portofino

by Marco Maccarelli
octopus

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by Marco Faimali
Muraena helena (Mediterranean moray)

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by Marco Faimali
Mediterranean blenny......

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by Marco Faimali
Mediterranean red-coral (Corallium rubrum)

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by Marco Faimali
Large Scaled Scorpionfish portrait (Scorpaena scrofa)

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by Marco Faimali
dichotomic behaviour (Dictyota dicotoma)

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by Marco Faimali
On the door of my sponge-house.....

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by Marco Faimali
Moonfish in the net.....(Mola mola)

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by Marco Faimali
Moonfish in the net...B/W....(Mola mola)

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by Marco Faimali
The sea slug Discodoris atromaculata an endemic (exclusive) Mediterranean species known in Italy as "Vacchetta di mare" (marine Cow). It is generally found laying on the sponge Petrosia ficiformis of which it preys exclusively.

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Yellow jewel (Sunset cup coral - Leptopsammia pruvoti)

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by Marcello Di Francesco
Golden

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Cratena peregrina on orange sponge

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
blushes........ (monaco shrimp - Lysmata seticaudata- on the moray eel - Murena helena).

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Magic yellow sponge (Clathrina clathrus)

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
The Mediterranean spotted sea slug (Discodoris atromaculatus)

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Soft and beautiful appearance at sunset (Rizostoma pulmo -Barrel Jellyfish). In Italy also called "lungs of the sea"

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Defense behavior of Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Blu mermaid

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Acrobatic mermaid

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by Stella Del Curto
“Hypnotic” - Sabella spallanzanii in AMP Portofino

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Mediterranean deep red

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
On the red carpet

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Redhead

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Muraena helena

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Parazoantus axinellae

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Blenny at Bokeh

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Cratena peregrina

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by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Young mediterranean scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa) on the soft coral Paramuricea clavata.

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