C. Spartivento
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About this site
Capo Spartivento sits along the Cilento coast near Palinuro, in the province of Salerno in Campania, a promontory area known for its limestone cliffs and sea caves. The Palinuro headland is part of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alfedena National Park, a marine and coastal area protected for its underwater rock formations.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Yellow GorgonianEunicella cavoliniReported here · unconfirmed
Star CoralAstroides calycularisReported here · unconfirmed
Yellow Cluster AnemoneParazoanthus axinellaeReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean Red CoralCorallium rubrumReported here · unconfirmed
European Spiny LobsterPalinurus elephasReported here · unconfirmed
Pig-tooth CoralBalanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaeaReported here · unconfirmed
Sunset Cup CoralLeptopsammia pruvotiReported here · unconfirmed
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