RESIDENT BIODIVERSITY
Below is shown a list of some species that inhabit the ecosystem provided by Posidonia oceanica, with its scientific name, the common name (if present), images and the name of the researcher who described the species with the date.
FAUNA
ISOPODS (crustacean group)
DECAPODS (crustacean group)
CNIDARIANS (jellyfish and polyps)
POLYCHAETES (bristle worms)
n_unicornis
Camera information: Calibration= 0.006 Millimeters per pixel; Capture format= 2592 x 1944, Interlaced Large HQ; Gamma= 1.13; Gain= 1.3 x; Exposure= 132.8 ms; Auto exposure= Off; Image type= Colour; Shading= (None); Sharpening= Low; Black clip= 0; White clip= 244; Microscope information: Main Objective Mag.= 0.63; Zoom Magnification= 1.60; Visual Magnification= 10.10; Video Magnification= 0.50; Zoom Iris= 0.60;
BRYOZOANS (aquatic invertebrate group)
chorizopora
Imagen de microscopio electrónico de barrido (SEM): Matt Dick, extraída de International Bryozoology Association (IBA).
GASTROPODS (mollusc group: snails and slugs)
j_exasperatus
Fotografía: Ennio Squizzatto, extraída de Hardy’s Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods (& Near Classes).
r_auriscalpium
Fotografía: Serge Gofas, extraída de Hardy’s Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods (& Near Classes).
r_variabilis
Fotografía: Ennio Squizzatto, extraída de Hardy’s Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods (& Near Classes).
r_ventricosa
Fotografía: Serge Gofas, extraída de Hardy’s Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods (& Near Classes).
ECHINODERMS (sea stars and sea urchins)
FISHES
Broadnose pipefish (Syngnathus typhle), Black sea, Ukraine
Broadnose pipefish (Syngnathus typhle), Black sea, Ukraine
Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) Black sea, Crim
Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) Black sea, Crimea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe
FLORA
MARINE PHANEROGAMS (plants)
These ones form extensive meadows next to posidonia, but they are independent ecosystems, with their own resident species.