A single solo shore entry dive by Gary of 202 minutes. Maximum depth 6.6 m, 27 C water temperature and up to 10 m viz and no current.
Today looked like a nice summer day to dive. The water looked clear and warm. Upon reaching the bottom it was 'clear' to me this would be a nice dive. A Barracuda followed me for a half hour. Finding a rather large Dendrodoris nigra with egg mass and Sebadoris fragilis from under rocks was a real treat. What surprized me the most was find a very small Flabellina lotos on the sand at 1.5 m as well as Tenellia sp. 17 on a rock at the same depth. Another new species of Unidentia was also found from under a rock, it has purple rings on the rhinophores and oral tentacles, plus the white tips of the rhinophores have purple blotches. To top the dive off was the number of animals I saw, a total of 135 animals were recorded.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Dendrodoris nigra -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -2
Flabellina lotos -21
Goniobranchus splendidus -5
Goniobranchus daphne -14
Goniodoridella savignyi -8
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -31
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -2
Hypselodoris obscura -10
* Pteraeolidia semperi -35
Sebadoris fragilis -1
Tenellia sibogae -1
Tenellia sp. 17 -1
Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi -1
Unidentia sp. 8 -1 NEW SPECIES/NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Entry
Eubranchus sp. 10
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Hypselodoris obscura
Flabellina lotos
Substrate
Channel marker
Pteraeolidia semperi
The surface from the bottom
Unidentia sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Sebadoris fragilis
Sebadoris fragilis ventral side
Substrate
A headless Pteraeolidia semperi crawling
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella savignyi
Goniodoridella savignyi
Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi
Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi
Flabellina lotos
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniobranchus splendidus
Tenellia sibogae
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Tenellia sp. 17
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Dendrodoris nigra
Flabellina lotos
Eubranchus sp. 3
