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Jewel Anemones
An english version about this topic is available on the Coral morphologic blog http://coralmorphologic.com/b/2009/06/19/corynactis-quest-dive-1-in-the-french-mediterranean http://coralmorphologic.com/b/2009/06/23/corynactis-quest-dive-2-in-the-french-mediterranean http://coralmorphologic.com/b/2009/07/02/corynactis-quest-dive-3-in-the-french-mediterranean
Fossil reef
What’s more surprising than a short walk on a coral reef near… Marseilles! This incredible situation is indeed possible because of the main feature of hard corals: a carbonate skeleton that fossilizes easily. Some of us probably know the little port of Carry-le-Rouet, located about thirty kilometers from Marseilles (France). …
‘Sea urchin riding shrimp’
Gnathophyllum elegans on Arbacia lixula (collected in Balear Islands, Ibiza).
