Diving Deep Off Northern Vancouver Island , Gorgonians and Basket Stars at 105’ - [OC]
June 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Diving Deep Off Northern Vancouver Island , Gorgonians and Basket Stars at 105’ - [OC]
The trumpetfish is a master of camouflage, hiding expertly within the branches of soft coral gorgonians waiting to ambush their prey with a quick slurp. This is the first trumpetfish we’ve seen since 2023. #trumpetfish #camouflage #oddball #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
June 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The trumpetfish is a master of camouflage, hiding expertly within the branches of soft coral gorgonians waiting to ambush their prey with a quick slurp. This is the first trumpetfish we’ve seen since 2023. #trumpetfish #camouflage #oddball #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
Diving Deep Off Northern Vancouver Island — Gorgonians and Basket Stars at 105’ - [OC]
June 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Diving Deep Off Northern Vancouver Island — Gorgonians and Basket Stars at 105’ - [OC]
Our #ROV surveys in Lesvos continue, revealing breathtaking #gorgonian forests—but not without a stark reminder of human impact. #Ghostnets and abandoned longlines haunt these vibrant ecosystems.
@nemo-tools.bsky.social @jennieacp.bsky.social
#MarineEcology #MarineConservation #Lesvos 🧪🌍🌐
@nemo-tools.bsky.social @jennieacp.bsky.social
#MarineEcology #MarineConservation #Lesvos 🧪🌍🌐
March 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Our #ROV surveys in Lesvos continue, revealing breathtaking #gorgonian forests—but not without a stark reminder of human impact. #Ghostnets and abandoned longlines haunt these vibrant ecosystems.
@nemo-tools.bsky.social @jennieacp.bsky.social
#MarineEcology #MarineConservation #Lesvos 🧪🌍🌐
@nemo-tools.bsky.social @jennieacp.bsky.social
#MarineEcology #MarineConservation #Lesvos 🧪🌍🌐
Good morning from west coast Australia!
My new year's resolution from 2021 was to learn to free dive...
And today I am taking the first step towards that on a PADI free dive course!
Anyone here like to spend time in the water? 🪸🥽🐠
📸 Soft corals & sponges from a NYE snorkel under my local jetty
My new year's resolution from 2021 was to learn to free dive...
And today I am taking the first step towards that on a PADI free dive course!
Anyone here like to spend time in the water? 🪸🥽🐠
📸 Soft corals & sponges from a NYE snorkel under my local jetty
January 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Good morning from west coast Australia!
My new year's resolution from 2021 was to learn to free dive...
And today I am taking the first step towards that on a PADI free dive course!
Anyone here like to spend time in the water? 🪸🥽🐠
📸 Soft corals & sponges from a NYE snorkel under my local jetty
My new year's resolution from 2021 was to learn to free dive...
And today I am taking the first step towards that on a PADI free dive course!
Anyone here like to spend time in the water? 🪸🥽🐠
📸 Soft corals & sponges from a NYE snorkel under my local jetty
A sad video from Florida.
After decades of decline, remnant corals killed by anthropogenic heating in 2023 are being replaced by algal turfs, gorgonians (sea fans), Palythoa (a zooanthid, the yellowish rubbery mounds), & a few sponges.
It’s no longer a coral reef.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_L...
After decades of decline, remnant corals killed by anthropogenic heating in 2023 are being replaced by algal turfs, gorgonians (sea fans), Palythoa (a zooanthid, the yellowish rubbery mounds), & a few sponges.
It’s no longer a coral reef.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_L...
Florida Key Coral Reefs in 2025
YouTube video by Pawlik Lab
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A sad video from Florida.
After decades of decline, remnant corals killed by anthropogenic heating in 2023 are being replaced by algal turfs, gorgonians (sea fans), Palythoa (a zooanthid, the yellowish rubbery mounds), & a few sponges.
It’s no longer a coral reef.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_L...
After decades of decline, remnant corals killed by anthropogenic heating in 2023 are being replaced by algal turfs, gorgonians (sea fans), Palythoa (a zooanthid, the yellowish rubbery mounds), & a few sponges.
It’s no longer a coral reef.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn_L...
In 2022, the Ranger explored the Alboran Sea, a meeting point between the Atlantic & Mediterranean.
We documented exceptional seagrass meadows, corals, gorgonians, & the wildlife that depends on them… along with plastic pollution & signs of bottom trawling in protected areas.
We documented exceptional seagrass meadows, corals, gorgonians, & the wildlife that depends on them… along with plastic pollution & signs of bottom trawling in protected areas.
February 25, 2026 at 8:14 AM
In 2022, the Ranger explored the Alboran Sea, a meeting point between the Atlantic & Mediterranean.
We documented exceptional seagrass meadows, corals, gorgonians, & the wildlife that depends on them… along with plastic pollution & signs of bottom trawling in protected areas.
We documented exceptional seagrass meadows, corals, gorgonians, & the wildlife that depends on them… along with plastic pollution & signs of bottom trawling in protected areas.
#Diving #Palau & #LaMaddalena means granite walls, red gorgonians, giant groupers and some of Northern Sardinia’s clearest water. Federico shares his favorite dive sites, local centers, Park rules and safety tips.
promosarda.it/diving-palau...
Let's #Travel to #Sardinia !
#ScubaDiving #DiveSardinia
promosarda.it/diving-palau...
Let's #Travel to #Sardinia !
#ScubaDiving #DiveSardinia
September 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
#Diving #Palau & #LaMaddalena means granite walls, red gorgonians, giant groupers and some of Northern Sardinia’s clearest water. Federico shares his favorite dive sites, local centers, Park rules and safety tips.
promosarda.it/diving-palau...
Let's #Travel to #Sardinia !
#ScubaDiving #DiveSardinia
promosarda.it/diving-palau...
Let's #Travel to #Sardinia !
#ScubaDiving #DiveSardinia
Exciting news! The NEMO Tools ROV team of @skatsanevakis.bsky.social has begun exploring Lesvos Island, assessing gorgonians & coralligenous assemblages. Two trips down, five to go! Follow along @nemo-tools.bsky.social l 🧪🌊🐠
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
March 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Exciting news! The NEMO Tools ROV team of @skatsanevakis.bsky.social has begun exploring Lesvos Island, assessing gorgonians & coralligenous assemblages. Two trips down, five to go! Follow along @nemo-tools.bsky.social l 🧪🌊🐠
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
Pink sea fan skeleton found in Cornwall this week, plus one from a while back. Originally thought to be plants, they're actually animals: a type of ‘horny coral’ known also – rather magnificently – as ‘warty gorgonians’ (see second pic for the warts).
January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Pink sea fan skeleton found in Cornwall this week, plus one from a while back. Originally thought to be plants, they're actually animals: a type of ‘horny coral’ known also – rather magnificently – as ‘warty gorgonians’ (see second pic for the warts).
Clip from the Tokmakia plateau (NE Lesvos): a mesophotic coralligenous reef with dense red gorgonians and complex bioconstructions. This is the kind of “animal forest” habitat our work focuses on documenting and conserving.
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Clip from the Tokmakia plateau (NE Lesvos): a mesophotic coralligenous reef with dense red gorgonians and complex bioconstructions. This is the kind of “animal forest” habitat our work focuses on documenting and conserving.
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
Garibaldi, which is California’s state fish
March 6, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Garibaldi, which is California’s state fish
www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n... new species could include crabs, sponges, ascidians or sea squirts, as well as new gorgonians, a type of coral.
Scientists say they have discovered 20 new species deep in the Pacific Ocean
Researchers retrieved reef monitoring devices that had been placed in deep coral reefs in Guam. The devices were placed up to 330 feet below the surface.
www.npr.org
December 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
www.npr.org/2025/12/21/n... new species could include crabs, sponges, ascidians or sea squirts, as well as new gorgonians, a type of coral.
Nice #gorgonians at the Barcelona aquarium after #eseb2925
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nice #gorgonians at the Barcelona aquarium after #eseb2925
🚨 New paper out! We’ve modelled the distribution of key #Mediterranean #gorgonians 🪸 to guide #conservation efforts
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
@ub.edu
@biologiaub.bsky.social
@irbio-ub.bsky.social
@davidamblas.bsky.social
@yzentner.bsky.social
CristinaLinares FabioLMatos JoaquimGarrabou
#SDM
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
@ub.edu
@biologiaub.bsky.social
@irbio-ub.bsky.social
@davidamblas.bsky.social
@yzentner.bsky.social
CristinaLinares FabioLMatos JoaquimGarrabou
#SDM
November 26, 2024 at 9:07 PM
🚨 New paper out! We’ve modelled the distribution of key #Mediterranean #gorgonians 🪸 to guide #conservation efforts
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
@ub.edu
@biologiaub.bsky.social
@irbio-ub.bsky.social
@davidamblas.bsky.social
@yzentner.bsky.social
CristinaLinares FabioLMatos JoaquimGarrabou
#SDM
➡️ doi.org/10.1111/jbi....
@ub.edu
@biologiaub.bsky.social
@irbio-ub.bsky.social
@davidamblas.bsky.social
@yzentner.bsky.social
CristinaLinares FabioLMatos JoaquimGarrabou
#SDM
The summer of 2023 wiped out many less thermally-tolerant strains of coral and gorgonians locally, so it makes sense that we are seeing less mortality overall this year.
September 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The summer of 2023 wiped out many less thermally-tolerant strains of coral and gorgonians locally, so it makes sense that we are seeing less mortality overall this year.
🌊✨ Just out! Our new study dives into a NE Aegean biodiversity hotspot, revealing fragile coralligenous habitats, stressed gorgonians, and too much litter.
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
🪸New paper out on mesophotic coralligenous reefs in the NE Aegean. We used side-scan sonar + ROV surveys to map gorgonian assemblages and quantify the impact of marine litter in a Natura 2000 site.
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌊✨ Just out! Our new study dives into a NE Aegean biodiversity hotspot, revealing fragile coralligenous habitats, stressed gorgonians, and too much litter.
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
Just back from Belize. Definitely recommend... maybe more pictures to come...
April 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Just back from Belize. Definitely recommend... maybe more pictures to come...
🌊New Marine Animal Forests Manifesto led by ICTA-UAB researchers calls for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage the ocean’s hidden rainforests: corals, sponges, bryozoans, and gorgonians that build complex habitats on the seafloor.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🌊New Marine Animal Forests Manifesto led by ICTA-UAB researchers calls for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage the ocean’s hidden rainforests: corals, sponges, bryozoans, and gorgonians that build complex habitats on the seafloor.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
they're definitely some gorgonians on a rock
September 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
they're definitely some gorgonians on a rock
🌊 An Underwater Garden! 🪸✨Gorgonians and sea fans sway, and fire coral resides among them (above the purple sea fan). Fire coral isn’t true coral but a 🪼 relative, with a genome 🧬 that shows its resilience and adaptability to environmental change. #octocoralFriday 🦑
📸 credit: me
📸 credit: me
November 30, 2024 at 11:37 PM
🌊 An Underwater Garden! 🪸✨Gorgonians and sea fans sway, and fire coral resides among them (above the purple sea fan). Fire coral isn’t true coral but a 🪼 relative, with a genome 🧬 that shows its resilience and adaptability to environmental change. #octocoralFriday 🦑
📸 credit: me
📸 credit: me
The number of January of the magazine ca m’interesse reports on my research on #gorgonians in Mediterranean #mesophotic
January 11, 2024 at 1:17 PM
The number of January of the magazine ca m’interesse reports on my research on #gorgonians in Mediterranean #mesophotic
Same area, but now with the pressure visible: longlines, ropes and other fishing gear litter entangling gorgonians and covering the seabed. Chronic ghost fishing and structural damage that we urgently need to address.
#marinelitter #ghostfishing #MPA #conservation @thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social
#marinelitter #ghostfishing #MPA #conservation @thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Same area, but now with the pressure visible: longlines, ropes and other fishing gear litter entangling gorgonians and covering the seabed. Chronic ghost fishing and structural damage that we urgently need to address.
#marinelitter #ghostfishing #MPA #conservation @thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social
#marinelitter #ghostfishing #MPA #conservation @thanasisnikolaou.bsky.social
Flamingo tongue, a sea snail that eats gorgonians, converting their toxins into chemical defenses (though hogfish, pufferfish, & Spiny lobster eat them). The spots are in the mantle, but people collect them thinking the shell is colorful, and populations have suffered. 🦑 #scuba #diving #oceans
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Camps-CastellÀ 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. investigate the biodiversity of eastern Pacific octocorals
Revisiting Chilean gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): taxonomic clarification and molecular phylogeny of 𝙇𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 and 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙖 🪸
Read here: buff.ly/7oJolr1 #TaxonomyTuesday
Revisiting Chilean gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): taxonomic clarification and molecular phylogeny of 𝙇𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 and 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙖 🪸
Read here: buff.ly/7oJolr1 #TaxonomyTuesday
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Camps-CastellÀ 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. investigate the biodiversity of eastern Pacific octocorals
Revisiting Chilean gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): taxonomic clarification and molecular phylogeny of 𝙇𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 and 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙖 🪸
Read here: buff.ly/7oJolr1 #TaxonomyTuesday
Revisiting Chilean gorgonians (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): taxonomic clarification and molecular phylogeny of 𝙇𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙨 and 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙖 🪸
Read here: buff.ly/7oJolr1 #TaxonomyTuesday