A single shore entry dive by Gary and David of 137 minutes. Maximum depth 6.4 m, 28 C water temperature and 4 m viz.
Over two hours of searching only produced 9 species. The juvenile Thuridilla carlsoni had us excited for awhile until we reviewed our pics. We were pleased to find a Facelina sp. 11 cruising the silty substrate as usual. This behaviour leads us to conjecture that it perhaps hunts anemones or individual hydroids out on the sand.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Facelina sp. 11 -1
Flabellina rubrolineata -5
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -2
Goniobranchus daphne -1
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -11
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -5
Pteraeolidia semperi -7
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Site entry
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus - gill detail
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Substrate
Goniobranchus daphne
Searching the Fish Cage
Thuridilla carlsoni - a juvenile specimen
Flabellina rubrolineata
Flabellina rubrolineata - feeding
on hydroid polyps
Pteraeolidia semperi
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Hypselodoris obscura
Hypselodoris obscura - rhinophore detail
Facelina sp. 11 - cruising the sand
