Terry and David on this excursion consisting of 1 x 94 minute and 1 x 82 minute dives in water depths of 13m to 15m. 15m viz, 20C water temp, no surge.
This is a new site for us on Currimundi Reef picked up on the sounder that morning. The underwater terrain reminded Terry of the rolling hills of Dakota (don't know if that is first-hand experience or just a wasted youth watching too many cowboy and indian movies) being a series of gentle folds in the reef with scattered rocks and old coral plates lying in the shallow gutters providing shelter for the more reclusive species. The Goniodoris sp. 3 is a new species to our list. It possesses a very fine edged mantle that is cupped up in an hour glass shape around the rhinophores and gills. Found deep in algal turf.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Ardeadoris aff. averni 3/2
Ardeadoris rubroannulata 1/1
Berthella martensi 2/-
Bornella anguilla 1/-
Cadlinella ornatissima -/2
Chelidonura electra -/1
Chromodoris striatella -/5
Colpodaspis thompsoni 1/-
Dermatobranchus cf. primus 1/-
Dermatobranchus ornatus 2/3
Doriprismatica atromarginata 3/6
Elysia sp. 5 -/1
Goniobranchus daphne 2/-
Goniobranchus geometricus 3/3
Goniobranchus splendidus 3/4
Goniodoris sp. 3 -/1 (New species)
Hexabranchus sanguineus 1/-
Hypselodoris jacksoni 1/2
Hypselodoris obscura 3/4
Hypselodoris sagamiensis -/1
Ilbia ilbi -/1
Marionia cyanobranchiata -/1
Nembrotha lineolata 2/1
Nembrotha purpureolineata 2/-
Noumea norba -/1
Phestilla sp. 1 1/-
Phyllidia ocellata 1/1
Phyllidia varicosa 1/-
Phyllidiella lizae 1/1
Phyllodesmium crypticum 2/-
Roboastra luteolineata 1/-
Runcina sp. 2 -/1
Runcina sp. 5 -/1
*Sagaminopteron ornatum 7/7
Tambja tenuilineata 2/2
Thorunna daniellae -/1
Tritoniopsis alba -/1
Berthella martensi
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Nembrotha lineolata
Goniobranchus splendidus
Nembrotha purpureolineata
Ardeadoris aff. averni
Tambja tenuilineata
Bornella anguilla
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Ardeadoris rubroannulata
Noumea norba
Phyllidiella lizae
Goniobranchus geometricus
Tritoniopsis alba
Hypselodoris obscura
Cadlinella ornatissima
Phyllidia ocellata
Chromodoris striatella
Ilbia ilbi
Runcina sp. 2
Runcina sp. 5
Substrate
Phestilla sp. 1
Phyllodesmium crypticum
Sagaminopteron ornatum
Hypselodoris sagamiensis
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Colpodaspis thompsoni
Hexabranchus sanguineus
Chelidonura electra
Elysia sp. 5
Thorunna daniellae
Marionia cyanobranchiata
Goniodoris sp. 3 (New species)
Goniodoris sp. 3 - in situ burrowing
through the algal turf
