Fig. 4 in New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea

Fig. 4: Non-sessile fauna associated with cnidarian assemblages in the Montenegrin margin. (A) Large Madrepora oculata bush (up to 1 m) (7), at st. ALTRO36, hosting the crab Bathynectes maravigna (16), inset shows Helicolenus dactylopterus (17); (B) Munida tenuimana (18) taking shelter under hardground at st. ALTRO31; (C) Paromola cuvieri (19) carrying the sponge Pachastrella monilifera on its back (2) (possibly an antipredatory strategy: Capezzuto et al., 2012); (D) The shrimp Plesionika martia (20) and the fish Hoplostethus mediterraneus (21) from st. ALTRO31.