The Sea

The mirror of water of the Marine Protected Area “Torre del Cerrano” offers two different but interrelated natural typologies. One is the typical sandy beds of the Adriatic sea which characterizes the widest part of the area. The other one is the small parts of cliff on the seabed due to the presence of half-submerged rocks of the ancient port of Atri, to the submerged structures of the Marine Protection Oasis of the provincial department and to the surfacing of some geological conglomerate formations.

In the marine area there is a wide variety of marine species, both pelagic and benthonic, and a small group of vegetable species. In the underwater environment of the Protected Area it is easy to see wonderful specimens of Trivia adriatica, a small and rare Gasteropod of the Adriatic sea, or the majestic bioconstructions of Sabellaria halcocki,  different species of fishes and shelfishes such as congers, basses, soles, white breams that live in contact with the sandy beds characterized by large and important Chamelea gallina (clams) beds.