Julie, Terry & David on this single shore entry dive of 140 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 22 C water temperature and 3 m viz.
Flabellina angelvaldesi are still present in plague proportions such that we stopped counting them at 150. A couple of infrequently sighted species were seen. A pair of Phyllodesmium opalescens were found under a rock. They looked a little different with some features of the similar looking and recently described (2014) Phyllodesmium undulatum however we do not think it is that species. Water temperature is now down to 22 C that for slow long dives is starting to become uncomfortable.
Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count.
Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Carminodoris nodulosa -1
* Flabellina angelvaldesi -150+
Flabellina rubrolineata -1
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -9
Goniobranchus decorus -2
Goniobranchus splendidus -2
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
Goniodoridella sp.1 -18
Goniodoridella sp. 3 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -9
Jorunna parva -2
Phidiana bourailli -5
Phyllodesmium opalescens -2
Pleurobranchus weberi -5
Pteraeolidia semperi -20
Rostanga sp. 1 -1
Trinchesia sp. 23 -1
Verconia simplex -1
Jorunna parva
Flabellina angelvaldesi - colour form
with some cerata white
Flabellina angelvaldesi - most typical presentation
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Goniobranchus splendidus
Goniodoridella sp.1
Phyllodesmium opalescens
Substrate
Goniodoridella savignyi
Flabellina rubrolineata
Goniodoridella sp. 3 -Teeny-tiny sitting
on the tip of a glove finger
Rostanga sp. 1
Trinchesia sp. 23
Carminodoris nodulosa
Verconia simplex
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Bulbaeolidia alba
Goniobranchus decorus
Phidiana bourailli
Pleurobranchus weberi - mating pair
Pteraeolidia semperi - pale juvenile
Goniobranchus daphne
