Alien Species in Malta?

[baghira]

Wow this portughese looks terrifying..........and 30 metress tentacles.aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I found some of the species of sea urchins above, and was also surprized.

Another strange creature that I found was this marvelous flabellina affinis (sea slug) or (nudibranch), found and photographed about a month ago in 12 metres deep.
Its size is about 15mm, and you really need good eyes to see. I have never seen one before (seen other species), and bet that not many others did.

[Arti2]

There is also a yellow sea slug that I saw.

I will post my own pics of it.

[ggantno1]

x camera tuza arti ? jien canon ghandi imma ghadni ma drajtx nuzghha sew s issa underwater

[Arti2]

Le dak mhux tieghi ta r-ritratt imma kont qed nithajjar nixtri case ghal camera tieghi.

[charlie]

Similar to the Marbled Spinefoot there is the Dusky Spinefoot Siganus luridus. No Maltese name for this fish yet.

Two summers ago I had seen plenty of this fish at Wied Znuber they were in shoals(kienu f'qatghat)

[redbus9]

Big Thanks to all the guys who posted pics and information on this subject I found this thread to be very informative and some of the pics are marvelous. Well done.   

[mulett75]

I encountered the crab in photo in Gozo, Hondoq ir-rummien, about 2 years ago. The only thing is that it was not alone. There were many, all under the rocks.

[Seahunter]

I encountered the crab in photo in Gozo, Hondoq ir-rummien, about 2 years ago. The only thing is that it was not alone. There were many, all under the rocks.

In some areas that crab became really abundant

[octo hunter]

I've been seeing that crab for at least 7 years now. Also the fish species. The crab has become very abundant and I do not think that it has enemies because you never find one eaten by predators such as octopus which are fond of crabs. I also think that where it has become extremely abundant it has replaced the other common crab found on the island.

[Arti2]

Sometimes it is eaten by morays.

[placebo]

that crab!!!!!!!!! dellimara (il hofriet) is full of such crab!

[bigboy]

sightings of the jellyfish at cirkewwa. Today i was having a chat with one of my IT teachers who is also a scuba instucter and he has already encountered one of the portugese man of war in cirkewwa. Be ware guys

[sajjiedf2]

The Portuguese man-of-war invertebrates, with their sometimes lethal stings, have made an unusual visit to Mediterranean waters off southern Spain. The water is usually considered to be too warm for the jelly like creature with it's burning sting which in extreme cases can cause heart attacks to people who are allergic to them...


Scientists said that westerly winds have blown the invertebrate through the Straits of Gibraltar and along the length of the southern coast of Spain. "They go wherever they are driven by the wind," Xavier Pastor, of the Oceana NGO organisation, explained. "They have little sails and that means that, if the wind is blowing in towards the coast, they end up on the coast."

They have been seen off the coast of Malaga and the Costa del Sol a few weeks ago. Latest sightings show them to also be around Murcia. Pastor said that there di d not appear to be enough of them to form a permanent colony in Med., but warned of dramatic consequences to tourism if they did. "It would be a big problem for the tourist industry and for swimmers," he said. "This is far worse than having jellyfish."

The man-of-war has tentacles reaching up to thirty metres in length, which are strung with stinging capsules which survive even if they are broken off. The capsules contain small triggers which release the stings when touched and hang below a pink-tinged blue bubble that acts as the sail.


Ha nitfa xi pics tal ostra man of war

[sajjiedf2]

kif nitfa pics bhala reply?

[SteveGB]

Nies check this out:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1181442/Fish-triggers-LSD-like-hallucinations-caught-Cornwall.html

Steve GB