A single night shore dive by David, Julie, Terry and Gary of 130 minutes. Maximum depth 4.9 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.
The time was right to go for a Team night dive, Julie and Terry went right and David and I went left so we could cover the site. The weather will be pretty bad over the week and we thought we should jump in now. Upon descending we encountered a white-out of silt that cleared a little the deeper we went. The viz was low but we could still find nudibranchs including a new species for the river, Doris immonda at 15 mm and a new species to our list Lomanotis sp. 6. It has been a very long time since we last saw a green colour-form of Doris immonda. With the team covering a lot of the site the number of species recorded was quite high.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Biuve fulvipunctata -1
Cratena simba -1
Chelidonura sp. 1 -1
Dendrodoris nigra -1
Dermatobranchus sp. 6 –3
Discodoris lilacina -1
Doris immonda -1 NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Flabellina rubrolineata -7
Godiva quadricolor -1
Goniobranchus collingwoodi -3
* Goniobranchus daphne -18
Goniobranchus decorus -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -6
Hydatina physis -1
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Hypselodoris whitei -2
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Jorunna ramicola -4
Jorunna sp. 2 -1
Lomanotus sp. 1 -1
Lomanotus sp. 2 -1
Lomanotus sp. 4 -3
Lomanotus sp. 6 –1 NEW SPECIES
Niparaya sp. 1 -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -2
Pruvotfolia sp. 1 -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -10
Rostanga arbutus -1
Sakuraeolis nungunoides -16
Spinophallus falciphallus -1
Tenellia sibogae -3
Tenellia sp. 30 -1
Tenellia sp. 44 –1
Thordisa tahala -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -7
Unidentia sp. 2 -12
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 5 -12
Entry
Dendrodoris nigra
Unidentia sp. 5
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
Rostanga arbutus
Flabellina rubrolineata
Pteraeolidia semperi
Unidentia sp. 2
Phyllodesmium opalescens
Goniobranchus daphne
Tenellia sp. 30
Jorunna sp. 2
Sakuraeolis nungunoides
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Spinophallus falciphallus
Jorunna ramicola
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 4
Doris immonda NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Hypselodoris zephyra
Cratena simba
Sakuraeolis nungunoides
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
Sakuraeolis nungunoides
Phyllodesmium opalescens
Hypselodoris whitei
Lomanotus sp. 4
Jorunna sp. 2 and egg mass
Doris immonda NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Godiva quadricolor
Hydatina physis
Lomanotus sp. 6 NEW SPECIES
Dermatobranchus sp. 6 mating
Sakuraeolis nungunoides
Lomanotus sp. 2
Lomanotus sp. 4
Tenellia sibogae
Discodoris lilacina
Biuve fulvipunctata
Goniobranchus decorus
Pruvotfolia sp. 1
Thordisa tahala
