Caption

A Sphaerechinus granularis (Sphaerechinus granularis) with purple spines and camouflaged with algae on a sandy seabed. Dive site House Reef, Stoja, Pula, Croatia, Mediterranean Sea

Date

Aug 08, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK26C25_439

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

38.9Mb (2.7Mb) / 14.2in x 10.6in / 4257 x 3193 (300dpi)

Keywords

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