Abstract
The Tricase Canyon is a 20-km-long submarine canyon, incising the southernmost Apulian margin at the boundary between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, in the Mediterranean basin. The canyon indents the continental margin at depth of –120m and reaches a maximum depth of approximately –900m. The Tricase Canyon is disconnected from direct fluvial system and has no other tributaries. The shallower area of the canyon is generally characterized by a sparse cnidarian occurrence which includes Protoptilum carpenteri, representing the easternmost occurrence of this species known in the Mediterranean basin. The cold-water corals Madrepora oculata, Desmophyllum pertusum, and Desmophyllum dianthus colonize deeper areas (approximately –800m), settling preferentially on blocks interpreted as mass waste deposits.
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