Fig. 3 in New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea

Fig. 3: Montenegrin margin. (A) Hardground at st. ALTRO31 colonized by gorgonians Callogorgia verticillata (3) and Paramuricea macrospina (1); note the pencil sea urchin Cidaris cidaris (8), one of the most common vagile organisms observable at such depths; bar = 25 cm; (B) A large colony of the anthipatharian Leiopathes glaberrima (11) settled by the scleractinian Lophelia pertusa (10) at st. A63; observe Rochinia rissoana (9) in the coral frame and the abundant zooplankton in the surrounding water (i.e. Stylocheiron sp.: 6); bar = 10 cm; (C) The fish Phycis phycis (12) hidden under a hardground at st. A63; bar = 10 cm; (D) Close-up of L. pertusa (10) growing on L. glaberrima (11) at st. A63 surrounded by abundant zooplankton (i.e. the euphasiacean Stylocheiron sp.: 6), bar = 10 cm; (E) A remarkable cnidarian assemblage at st. ALTRO35 ca. -505 m water depth, formed by a large (up to 2 m) colony of L. glaberrima (11), the scleractinians Madrepora oculata (7) and L. pertusa (10) and Desmophyllum dianthus (14); inset shows the byssate bivalve Delectopecten vitreus (13) and Annelida (Serpula vermicularis: 15) attached to L. glaberrima (11). C. verticillata (3) is visible below on the right. Scale bar = 10 cm; (F) The "Gorgonian garden" at st. A65 formed by a dense aggregation of C. verticillata colonies (3). The red circle shows the gorgonian P. macrospina (1). Scale bar = 10 cm.