Franco Banfi / Mediterranean feather star (Antedon mediterranea) on a White gorgonian coral (Eunicella singularis), Punta Campanella Marine Reserve, Massa Lubrense, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Yellow gorgonian (Eunicella cavolini) covered with mucilage, a symptom of rising sea temperature, Punta Campanella Marine Reserve, Massa Lubrense, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Red gorgonian coral (Paramuricea clavata) covered with mucilage, a symptom of rising sea temperature, Punta Campanella Marine Reserve, Massa Lubrense, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver with Red gorgonian coral (Lophogorgia chilensis), Punta Campanella Marine Reserve, Massa Lubrense, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Red gorgonian coral (Paramuricea clavata) covered in mucilage, a symptom of rising sea temperature, Punta Campanella Marine Reserve, Massa Lubrense, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Two Red sea-squirts (Halocynthia papillosa) on a Yellow gorgonian (Eunicella cavolini), Punta Campanella Marine Reserve, Massa Lubrense, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean.

Franco Banfi / Spotted sea hare (Aplysia dactylomela), a tropical Atlantic species considered alien in the Mediterranean Sea, likely self-established due to increasing temperatures, portrait, Marine Protected area P...

Franco Banfi / Spotted sea hare (Aplysia dactylomela), a tropical Atlantic species considered alien in the Mediterranean Sea, likely self-established due to increasing temperatures, portrait, Marine Protected area...

Franco Banfi / Long-snouted seahorse / Spiny seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) camouflaged on a White seafan (Eunicella singularis), Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea.

Franco Banfi / Mediterranean cardinalfish (Apogon imberbis) head portrait, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea.

Franco Banfi / Feather star shrimp (Hippolyte prideauxiana) on a Common feather star (Antedon bifida), Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea.

Franco Banfi / Pair of White flabellina nudibranch (Luisella babai) mating, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea.