DENTAL CHECK-UP

Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena) and Monaco Shrimp (Lysmata seticaudata), Ilot de la Fourmigue, France. Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 12-50 lens in Macro mode, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/13, ISO200

FEATHERS

Spiral Tube-Worm (Sabella spallanzanii), Ilot de la Fourmigue, France. Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 12-50 lens in Macro mode, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/20, ISO320

BAD MOOD

Comber (Serranus cabrilla), Port-Cros, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/10, ISO200

LUNCH TIME

Krohn’s Doris (Felimida krohni), Port-Cros, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro Lens, Subsee+10, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/16, ISO200

LA VAQUITA

Cow Snail (Peltodoris atromaculata), Port-Cros National Park, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/18, ISO200

BLACK EYES

Hope's Elysia (Thuridilla hopei), Port-Cros, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro Lens, Subsee +10, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/16, ISO200

GNOM GNOM GNOM

Tricolor Doris (Felimare tricolor), Port-Cros, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro Lens, Subsee +10, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/18, ISO200

BLUE TIPS

Antiopella (Janolus cristatus), Port-Cros National Park, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/18, ISO200

WHITE TIPS

Pink Coryphella (Edmundsella pedata), Port-Cros, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/18, ISO200

GOLDEN CROWN

White Diaphorodoris (Diaphorodoris alba), Port-Cros, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, Zuiko 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/18, ISO200

FEATHERY

Marionia (Marionia blainvillea), Port-Cros NP, France This nudibranch can reach up to 60/70 mm in length. Its head is covered by a highly ramified veil. The rhinophores are branched too and emerge from short trumpet sheaths. On each side of the mantle, it has 10 to 12 pairs of gills in small feathery tufts. Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/16, ISO100

DELICACY

Brito's Doris (Felimida binza), Port-Cros NP, France A recent study based on molecular phylogenetics and species-delimitation analyses put in evidence that this formerly called Felimida brito is in fact the same species as F.binza despite the existence of extreme color polymorphism between caribbean and mediterranean representatives (https://www.sciencedirect.com/…/artic…/pii/S1055790316301750). Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/16, ISO100

DARK MOOD

Fringe Blenny (Parablennius pilicornis, male, dark phase), Port-Cros NP, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/13, ISO100

V FOR VENDETTA

Snakelocks Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes aegylios), Port-Cros NP, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/14, ISO100

BINOCULAR

Hermit Crab (Dardanus calidus), Port-Cros NP, France Dardanus calidus can grow to a length of 12 cm. It uses large gastropod shells which it often decorates with one or more sea anemones of the species Calliactis parasitica. The relationship with the anemone is truly symbiotic, since the anemone gains scraps of food from the hermit crab, while the crab benefits from the anemone's stinging tentacles deterring predators. Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/18, ISO100

EASY GLIDER

Spotted Flat-Worm (Prostheceraeus moseleyi), Port-Cros NP, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/14, ISO100

VIVID COLORS

Hope’s Elysia (Thuridilla hopei), Port-Cros NP, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/100, f/16, ISO100

GRAZING

Hervia (Cratena peregrina), Ilôt de la Fourmigue, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/11, ISO200

I STEPPED ON THE DOG

Gabinière Faceline (Piseinotecus gabinierei, and now known as Paraflabellina gabinierei), Port-Cros National Park, France Funny Anecdote : According to Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus "Selected Recollections from my Life", the name Piseinotecus comes from the Portuguese sentence "pisei no Teco" (I stepped onto Teco). Teco was the name of a dog of the zoologists Ernst Marcus and Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus. While they were looking for a name for the genus, their friend, the zoologist Diva Diniz Corrêa, was visiting them and stated this sentence while coming down the stairs to announce that she had accidentally stepped onto their dog. Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/16, ISO100

RHINOPHORES

Krohn Doris (Felimida krohni), Port-Cros NP, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/16, ISO100

LE ROUGE ET LE NOIR

Small Triplefin (Tripterygion melanurum), Port-Cros NP, France Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes. Settings 1/125, f/14, ISO100

BLUE TIPS - GLOWING SERIES

Antiopella (Janolus cristatus), Port-Cros National Park, France