Located in the Cantabrian Sea (NE Atlantic), El Cachucho is the largest offshore Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Spain. One of the most abundant keystone megafauna species occurring in this MPA is a yellow gorgonian of genus Placogorgia Wright and Studer

Three species of the isopod genus Astacilla were collected off Alborán Island (SW Mediterranean Sea) within the LIFE + INDEMARES project. Twelve specimens of the rare species Astacilla carlosteroi (Reboreda, Wägele & Garmendia, 1994) were found; this

The stick-like Astacilla longicomis (Sowerby) (Isopoda, Crustacea) is found mainly on the anthozoan Funiculina. The unusual development of its eyes is interpreted as a part of a refined overall camouflage. The apposition compound eyes have two functional