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Planctonic bloom with Pelagia noctiluca being the dominant predator, numbering more than 50-60 individuals within a 500m radius.

First shot is a formation of two individuals meant to enhance the success of sexual reproduction, while the rest are individuals that have grabbed onto pieces of plastic and a pair entangled/trapped in a plastic bag (which I removed after the shot).

Spotted a great number of individuals dead or dying on the sandy bottom of the sea near Kymi. Conversation with the locals revealed a singificant bloom 4 days ago - coinsiding with my record of Pelagia Noctiluca near Sounio
and pointing to a large scale event in the Aegean. (for details see also https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63463288)

Tiralongo F., Pillon R. (2019). First record of Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 from Greek waters: the westernmost record from the Mediterranean Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(3): 645–656.

Tiralongo F., Pillon R. (2019). First record of Vanderhorstia mertensi Klausewitz, 1974 from Greek waters: the westernmost record from the Mediterranean Sea. In: New Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Records. Mediterranean Marine Science, 20(3): 645–656.