History of the Republic of Venice a powerful fleet sailed from Venice, to resolve the problem of the Narentine pirates. The fleet visited all the main Istrian and Dalmatian cities, whose citizen, exhausted by the wars between the Croatian king Svetislav and his brother Cresimir, swore an oath of fidelity to Venice. the Main Narentine harbours (Lagosta, Lissa and Curzola) tried to resist, but they were conquered and destroyed (see: battle of Lastovo). The Narentine pirates were suppressed permanently and disappeared. Dalmatia formally remained under Byzantine rule, but Orseolo became "Dux Dalmatie" (Duke of Dalmatia"), establishing the prominence of Venice over the Adriatic Sea. The "Marriage
Sea urchins of the Gulf of California major habitat locations. The scientific names, biogeographic distributions, world distributions, and depth ranges found in the list above are from the Sea of Cortez Database. A study from 2005 adds the following species : "Lytechinus anamesus", "Toxopneustes roseus", "Cassidulus pacificus", "Mellita kanakoffi", "Encope wetmorei", "Brissus latecarinatus", "Metalia spatagus", "Brisaster townsendi", "Moira clotho". Sea urchins of the Gulf of California The sea urchins of the Gulf of California live between the coasts of the Baja California Peninsula to the west and mainland state of Sonora, Mexico to the east. The northern boundary is the lateral band of land with the remains