Julie and Terry on this single shore entry dive of 117 minutes. Maximum depth of 6 m, 18 C water temperature and 5 m viz.
Great conditions in the river for this dive along the edge of La Balsa Park between the areas we dived on our previous two outings. The species count is still low but is improving on each dive and the increasing benthic life, particularly hydroids, algae and even a couple of octocorals, is encouraging. It was also nice to find a couple of new species for our list of finds in this area. To the best of our knowledge, the Gymnodoris nigricolor has not been found in this area before. Myja longicornis is a rare and difficult find in the area and to find three on the one dive is quite amazing.
Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Eubranchus sp. 13 -1 (new species)
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -6
Gymnodoris alba -1
Gymnodoris nigricolor -1 (new species)
Myja longicornis -3
Trinchesia cf. yamasui -1
Trinchesia sibogae -1
Trinchesia sp. 24 -1
*Unidentia angelvaldesi -26
Substrate
Gymnodoris alba
Goniodoridella savignyi - buried in substrate
Trinchesia cf. yamasui
Unidentia angelvaldesi
Trinchesia sibogae
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Dendrodoris denisoni
Trinchesia sp. 24
Gymnodoris nigricolor
Gymnodoris nigricolor
Myja longicornis
Eubranchus sp. 13 - found on the same
hydroid as the Myja longicornis
