Summer is slowly coming to an end so we decided to produce a review of our numerous snorkeling trips to the Gulf of Trieste, close to home. This year we bought a small GoPro camera with which we enriched our snorkeling sessions, by taking underwater photos of the marine life we saw. The photos are purely documentative and of poor quality, but give an idea about some of the species of marine organisms that can be found in the Northern Adriatic. Within the selection we also included four photos that we took in Croatia, which represent species that can be found in the Gulf of Trieste as well. Enjoy the dive!
Slender Sea Star
Astropecten spinulosus
Tentacled Blenny
Parablennius tentacularis
Tompot Blenny
Parablennius gattorugine
Goldline (Salema) Sarpa salpa
Gilt-head Bream
Sparus auratus & Painted Comber
Serranus scriba
Two-banded Seabream
Diplodus vulgaris
Purple Sea Urchin Sphaerechinus granularis (covered with shells).
Gilt-head Bream
Sparus auratus
Annular Seabream Diplodus annularis
Sharpsnout Seabream Diplodus puntazzo
Annular Seabream Diplodus annularis
Sharpsnout Seabream Diplodus puntazzo
Two-banded Seabream
Diplodus vulgaris
Goldline Sarpa salpa
Red-black Triplefin Tripterygion tripteronotus
Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse Coris julis
Garfish Belone belone
Warty Crab Eriphia verrucosa
Sea Walnut Mnemiopsis leydi - an invasive western Atlantic species of comb jelly (Ctenophora).
Goldline Sarpa salpa
Red-black Triplefin Tripterygion tripteronotus
Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse Coris julis
Garfish Belone belone
Warty Crab Eriphia verrucosa
Sea Walnut Mnemiopsis leydi - an invasive western Atlantic species of comb jelly (Ctenophora).
Yellow Tube Sponge
Aplysina aerophoba
Purple Sea Urchin Sphaerechinus granularis (covered with shells).
Noble Pen Shell Pinna nobilis