Fig. 5 in New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea

Fig. 5: Underwater photographs from the Bari Canyon. (A, B) Hardgrounds and boulders along the canyon's flank at st. A208 colonized by a cnidarian-sponge assemblage dominated by Madrepora oculata (7) and Pachastrella monilifera (2); note the occurrence of orange sponge (Poecillastra compressa: 22) and Cidaris cidaris (8) one of most common elements of the vagile bathyal benthos; bar = 25 cm; (C) Close-up of a cnidarian-sponge assemblage at st. A208 showing the coalescent growth of sponges and corals, and the subordinate presence of Serpula vermicularis (15); bar = 25 cm; (D) Intimately associated S. vermicularis (15) and M. oculata (7) established on a hardground crest at st. A210; bar =10 cm.