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Echinaster sepositus
Bright red compact starfish, about 15 to 20 cm in diameter.
This is reportedly the most common starfish of Mediterranean, and a very common dweller of rocky bottoms in Adriatic sea. Here, observed several times, and always close to shores, on a popular beaches in a village of Dubrovnik riviera (Cavtat). The depth in this zone is between 0,5m up to 3m, and then descending sharply down to 10m. The sea bottom here is rocky, creating many crevasses and tunnels, and rocks are abundantly covered in algae. In those deeper waters, there are some large colonies of sea grass.
Spotted on Aug 21, 2022
Submitted on Aug 21, 2022
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