Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Species List 04-10-2011 North West Reef Old Woman Island
















38 Species found at North West Reef Old Woman Island. 10m viz, light winds, overcast just a little surge. This ties our record with 2 divers 2 dives! 1st dive/2nd dive.
*most species found this outing

Aegires gardineri 1/5
Aegires villosus 4 (11th photo)
Berthella martensi /1
Berthellina citrina 1
Chelidonura fulvipunctata 1 (9th photo)
Chromodoris cf. reticulata /1
Chromodoris decora 1 (8th photo)
Chromodoris kuiteri /1
Chromodoris lochi /1
Chromodoris rufomaculata 1 (10th photo)
Chromodoris splendida 4/3
Chromodoris striatella /2
Dermatobranchus cf. primus 3
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus /1 (6th photo)
Flabellina rubrolineata /1
Glossodoris aff. averni 3/5
Glossodoris atromarginata 4/7
Glossodoris averni /1 (1st photo)
Glossodoris vespa 1
Gymnodoris alba /1
Hypselodoris bullockii /1
Hypselodoris emma 1/1 (4th photo)
Hypselodoris jacksoni 1/1
Hypselodoris maritima 1 (7th photo)
Hypselodoris zephyra /1
Phyllidia elegans /1
Phyllidia exquisita /1 (5th photo)
Phyllidia ocellata 1/1
Phyllidiella lizae 1/1
Phyllidiella pustulosa 2/2
Phyllidia varicosa /1
*Sagaminopteron ornatum 2/18 (3rd photo)
Trapania cf. aurata /1 (2nd photo)
Thuridilla albopustulosa 1
Thuridilla carlsoni 1/2
Thuridilla neona /1 First time found outside Flinders Reef Moreton Island
Thuridilla splendens 7/12 (12th photo)
Tritoniopsis alba 1

Our black balls, radar deflector and big dive flag! (13th photo)