030 | The Piroscafo Torino shipwreck as a biodiversity hotspot in a sandy-bottom habitat (Ionian sea): Valentina Basile1, Marcello Mezzasalma1, Alessandra Ghelli2, Mauro F. La Russa1, Elvira Brunelli1 | 1Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, University of Calabria, Rende [CS], Italy; 2Ministry of Culture – Regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture for Calabria MiC, Roccelletta di Borgia [CZ], Italy. (2026). Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale, 99(s1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15282