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Capo Carbonara

Principal species threatened or in danger  of the Annex II of the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean  :  Posidonia oceanica, Zostera marina, Cystoseira amentacea (including var. stricta and var. spicata), Cystoseira mediterranea, Lithophyllum lichenoides, Aplysina sp. plur., Centrostephanus longispinus, Ophidiaster ophidianus, Luria lurida (= Cypraea lurida), Patella nigra, Pinna nobilis, Hippocampus hippocampus, Hippocampus ramulosus, Caretta caretta, Phoenicopterus ruber, Delphinus delphis, Globicephala melas, Grampus griseus, Monachus monachus, Physeter macrocephalus, Stenella coeruleoalba, Tursiops truncatus

Species whose exploitation is regulated  of the Annex III of the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean  :  Hippospongia communis, Spongia officinalis, Corallium rubrum, Paracentrotus lividus, Palinurus elephas, Epinephelus marginatus, Raja alba, Sciaena umbra, Thunnus thynnus

Other significant species  :  Cymodocea nodosa, Zostera sp., Acetabularia acetabulum, Caulerpa racemosa var. lamourouxii, Halimeda sp., Halimeda tuna, Cystoseira sp., Dictyota sp., Fucus virsoides, Padina pavonica, Padina sp., Lithophyllum byssoides, Peyssonnelia squamaria, Aplysina aerophoba, Aplysina cavernicola, Axinella sp., Calyx nicaensis, Crambe crambe, Euspongia officinalis, Actinia equina, Alcyonium brionense, Anemonia viridis, Eunicella cavolinii, Eunicella singularis, Eunicella sp, Paramuricea clavata, Parazoanthus axinellae, Scleranthelia microsclera, Antedon mediterranea , Holothuria sp., Myriapora truncata, Smittina cervicornis, Flabellina affinis, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Octopus vulgaris, Patella caerulea, Patella rustica, Sepia officinalis, Spondylus gaederopus, Balistes carolinensis, Chromis chromis, Conger conger, Coris julis, Coryphaena hippurus, Dentex dentex, Dicentrarchus labrax, Diplodus annularis, Diplodus puntazzo, Diplodus puntazzo, Diplodus sargus, Diplodus sp., Diplodus vulgaris, Epinephelus aeneus, Labrus viridis, Mola mola, Muraena helena, Oblada melanura, Pagellus acarne, Raja clavata, Sarda sarda, Sarpa salpa, Scorpaena scrofa, Scorpaena sp, Serranus cabrilla, Serranus scriba, Sparisoma cretense, Sparus aurata, Sphyraena viridensis, Spicara maena, Thalassoma pavo, Trachinus sp., Falco peregrinus, Physeter catodon

Introduced species"  :  Caulerpa racemosa