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List of protected species

Seagrasses:
Posidonia oceanica - seagrass
Cymodocea nodosa – lesser Neptune grass

Sponges:
Tethya aurantiacum (Pallas) – sea orange
Axinella canabina (Esper)
Axinella polypoides (Schmidt)
Geodia cydonium (Jameson)

Corals:
Asteroides callycularis (Pallas),
Gerardia savaglia (Bert.) - marine coral

Shellfish and snails:
Mitra zonata Marryat, 1818 - the Mitra Zonata
Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758) - large sea snail
Lithophaga litophaga (Linnaeus, 1758) - date-shell
Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 - noble pen shell
Pholas dactylus (Linnaues, 1758)- clam

Echinoderm:
Ophidiaster ophidianus – purple starfish

Fish:
Aphanius fasciatus Nardo, 1827. - Mediterranean killfish
Hipocampus ramulosus Leach, 1814. – longsnouted sea horse

Tortoises:
Caretta caretta Linaeus, 1758.– loggerhead turtle

List of protected species

Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) – eel
Maia squinado Herbst – crab
Palinurus elephas (Fabricius) – lobster
Homarus gammarus (L.) – European lobster
Scyllarus arctus L. – slipper lobster
Scyllarides latus (Latr.) – Mediterranean slipper lobster
Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) – black sea urchin
Species of class Holoturoidea – sea cucumbers

Endemic species

The Mediterranean endemic species
Cladocora cespitosa
Herbstia condyliata
Parthenope anguilifrons
Maia verrucosa
Pisa nodipes
Pinna nobilis
Litophaga litophaga
Antedon mediterranea
Dromia personata
Posidonia oceanica
Parazoanthus axinellae
Paramuricea clavata

The Adriatic endemic species
Alcyonium palmatum

The tropic animal life
Dromia personata

The termophilic species
Hacelia atenuata