Julie, Terry, David and Gary on this excursion consisting of 1 x 79 minute and 1 x 78 minute dives in water depths up to 19.8 m, 12 m viz, 20 C water temp and quite a bit of surge.
Our second trip to the new site was not what we expected with clear water during the past two weeks. The swell was up and we felt it as we tried to steady ourselves for photos. The species count was quite high in spite of the surge.
Some very nice finds were recorded. We have not seen Elysia pusilla and a pair of Platydoris cruenta from under a rock in quite a while and were very nice to see again. A surprize for us was only finding one Doriprismatica atromarginata!
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Bornella anguilla 2/-
Cadlinella ornatissima -/2
Chromodoris elisabethina 2/-
Chromodoris kuiteri 1/-
Chromodoris sp. 1 1/-
Dermatobranchus fasciatus -/1
Dermatobranchus oculus -/1
Dermatobranchus ornatus 1/-
Dermatobranchus sp. 7 1/-
Dermatobranchus sp. 8 1/-
Doriprismatica atromarginata 1/-
Elysia pusilla 1/-
Favorinus sp. 1 1/-
* Flabellina exoptata 4/2
Flabellina rubrolineata 3/-
Glossodoris rufomarginata 3/-
Glossodoris vespa-/1
Goniobranchus geometricus -/1
Goniobranchus splendidus 2/1
Goniodoridella savignyi 1/1
Hexabranchus sanguineus -/1
Hypselodoris jacksoni 1/1
Hypselodoris obscura 2/1
Nembrotha purpureolineata 2/-
Phyllidia ocellata 1/1
Phyllidiella annulata 1/-
Phyllidiella lizae 1/-
Phyllidiella pustulosa 2/1
Platydoris cruenta -/2
* Pteraeolidia semperi 3/3
Sagaminopteron ornatum 4/2
Tambja morosa 1/-
Tambja tenuilineata 1/-
Thorunna daniellae -/1
Thuridilla splendens 3/1
Tritoniopsis elegans 2/2
Tylodina corticalis 3/-
Surface conditions
Substrate
Tylodina corticalis
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Flabellina rubrolineata
Phyllidiella lizae
Bornella anguilla
Tambja morosa
Sagaminopteron ornatum
Favorinus sp. 1
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Goniobranchus splendidus
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Chromodoris elisabethina
Phyllidia ocellata
Platydoris cruenta
Platydoris cruenta ventral view
Platydoris cruenta anterior view
Platydoris cruenta gills
Flabellina exoptata
Glossodoris rufomarginata
Cadlinella ornatissima mating pair
Chromodoris sp. 1
Chromodoris kuiteri
Dermatobranchus fasciatus
Dermatobranchus sp. 7
Dermatobranchus oculus
Dermatobranchus sp. 8
Elysia pusilla
Glossodoris vespa
Goniobranchus splendidus
Goniodoridella savignyi
Hexabranchus sanguineus
Nembrotha purpureolineata
Nembrotha purpureolineata
Pteraeolidia semperi
Tambja tenuilineata
Thorunna daniellae
Tritoniopsis elegans
Bornella anguilla
