We invite
you to get
to know this
world in all
its
splendor
and natural
richness.
Try to enjoy
it in a
peaceful and
safe way,
either
thanks to
the glass
bottom
boats, or
for the more
daring, with
an underwater
baptism
(first
dive), which
will give
you this unique
opportunity
to enter
this
environment,
which we are
after all
part of.
Often, we
find
ourselves
amongst a
great
quantity of
animal and
plant
species
typical of
the rocky or
sandy
seabed. Due
to the
numerous
crevices and
caves that
make up the
seabed, many
species find
refuge or a
place to
make its
lair.
Without a
doubt, one
of the most
valued
species of
fish is the
Dusky Perch
(Epinephelus
guaza),
however, if
you take a
peek inside
the rock
crevices and
holes, you
can observe
a multitude
of organisms
inhabiting
these
environments,
such as
cnidarians (Leptosammia
pruvoti),
Red Starfish
(Echinaster
sepositus),
sponges, and
even deeper,
the
marvellous
red
gorgonians
or "mans de
mort" as
well as the
odd European
Conger
(Conger
conger) or
Mediterranean
Moray (Muraena
Helena)
coming out
from their
hiding spots
located
among the
rock
cavities.
In the
sandier
seabed, the
pastures of
neptune grass (Posidonia
oceanica)
predominate,
one of the
few
phanerograme
plants (with
roots and
flowers)
which
inhabit the
bottom of
the sea, and
which are
not only of
great
beauty, but
are also
refuge and
breeding
areas for
numerous
species of
fish and
other marine
organisms, organisms
associated
with the
neptune grass
pastures are
sponges,
different
types of
worms,
starfish,
crabs or
octopus.
Finally, we
cannot
forget the
existence of
a great
quantity of
fish, and
the presence
of a mollusk:
the Pinna
nobilis