Species List 29-04-10 Flinders Reef Moreton Island

23 Species found. 20-25m viz. The first 29 minutes of the first of two dives was spent on the east side of the mooring and found not a single nudibranch!! Went to the west side and Boom! Really interesting substrate and reef.

Aegires citrinus
Berthellina citrina
Chromodoris elisabethina
Chromodoris geometrica (bottom photo)
Chromodoris kuiteri
Dermatobranchus sp. 1
Dermatobranchus sp. 2
Flabellina bicolor
Glossodoris carlsoni (top photo)
Glossodoris rubroannulata
Hexabranchus sanguineus
Hypselodoris whitei
Hypselodoris zephyra
Noumea alboannulata
Noumea romeri
Pectenodoris trilineata
Phyllidiella lizae
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Pteraeolidia ianthina
Thorunna halourga
Thuridilla carlsoni
Thuridilla cf. gracilis (third photo)
Thuridilla gracilis (second photo)

Species List Caloundra Intertidal 25/26-04-2010

Other commitments prevented us from diving over the weekend but we did manage to fit in a few hours looking under rocks on Sunday and Monday. We had not had any luck in previous weeks, but with the slightly cooler water and, perhaps, a few days without rain things seems to be improving slightly. Aside from the couple of species of nudibranch seen on each day, we were very pleased to find a Snowflake Moray in a rock pool on Kings Beach on Sunday and a Blue Ring Octopus in a rock pool at Moffats Beach on Monday.

Kings Beach Boat Ramp 25-04-2010
Aplysia dactylomela
Dendrodoris nigra

Moffats Beach Intertidal 26-04-2010
Aplysia dactylomela
Cyerce sp.1 (photo above)

Species List from 3 dives, 2 at Castle Rock and 1 at Fairyland

25 Species found in 15-20m vis a little surgey. 24 April 2010

Aegires flores
Aegires gardineri
Berthellina citrina
Chromodoris elisabethina
Chromodoris splendida
Doto sp. 1 (upper photo)
Flabellina bicolor
Glossodoris aff. averni
Glossodoris atromarginata
Gymnodoris alba
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Hypselodoris obscura
Hypselodoris whitei
Jorunna sp. 1 (lower photo)
Phidiana indica
Phyllidia varicosa
Phyllidiella lizae
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Phyllodesmium magnum
Roboastra luteolineata
Tambja victoriae
Thorunna sp. 1 (second photo)
Thuridilla carlsoni
Thuridilla splendens
Trapania cf. aurata (third photo)

Species List The Trench 15m vis sunny day! 11-04-10

25 Species found

Aeolidiella alba
Chromodoris aff. africana
Chromodoris annae
Chromodoris cf. reticulata
Chromodoris elisabethina
Chromodoris kuiteri
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Dermatobranchus sp.1
Elysia verrucosa
Glossodoris atromarginata
Glossodoris aff averni
Glossodoris vespa
Halgerda willeyi
Hexabranchus sanguineus
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Pectenodoris trilineata
Phyllidia elegans
Phyllidia exquisita (top photo)
Phyllidia ocellata
Phyllidiella lizae
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Phyllidiopsis burni (bottom photo)
Roboastra luteolineata
Thuridilla splendens
Trinchesia ornata

Center photo is David shooting a branch with his new Subal housing.

Species List Currimundi Reef - 27/03/10

A bit late getting these up. It was great to have a dive after such a long break and we were surprised by the relatively few species seen and the limited number of each species. The surprise was the number of Ceratosoma tenue. These are usually a relatively rare sighting for us but we came across 4-5 in the one dive.

C-Spot (10 species)

Ceratosoma tenue
Chromodoris collingwoodi
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Flabellina exoptata
Glossodoris atromarginata
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Hypselodoris kanga (see above)
Hypselodoris obscura
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Pteraeolidia ianthina

Forskalii Park (5 species)

Chromodoris splendida
Glossodoris atromarginata

Phyllidiella lizae
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Sagaminopteron ornatum

Species List 31-03-10 Flinders Reef area - off Cape Moreton

This mid-week excursion gave us 2 dives in the Flinders Reef area but only yielded a small number of sea slug sightings. Although it was high tide conditions were ideal with 20m viz and little current or surge. David M. took the opportunity to try out his new u/w photography combination: Nikon D300 in Subal Housing, and while pleased with the results realises there is a lot of fine tuning required. The new combo is not as adaptable to different shooting applications as the old system but will provide superior images for those premeditated situations.

Aegires citrinus
Chromodoris kuiteri
Chromodoris splendida
Hypselodoris bullockii (bottom pic)
Hypselodoris maculosa
Micromelo undata (middle pic)
Noumea romeri
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Thuridilla cf. gracilis (damaged specimen)(top pic)