Julie, Terry, Gary and David on this single shore entry dive, the first for the new year, of 135 minutes. Maximum depth 6.1 m, 26 C water temperature and 3 m viz.
The whole team joined up to enjoy our first dive of the new year. Conditions offshore have turned rough for the rest of the week but we can still enjoy the river providing there is not excessive rainfall to cause runoff from the river catchment. Mostly the usual suspects to report from this dive except for the totally unexpected find of a single specimen of Trapania scurra. Of course we should no longer be surprised at the unusual species turning up in the river considering those we have already found - including the closely related Trapania miltabrancha. Both are most probably new records for Australia.
Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count.
Dermatobranchus sp. 7 -2
Doto sp. 3 -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Eubranchus sp. 13 -1
Facelina sp. 7 -1
Flabellina angelvaldesi -1
Flabellina rubrolineata -1
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -16
Goniobranchus decorus -4
Goniobranchus splendidus -2
Goniobranchus verrieri -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -17
Goniodoridella savignyi -3
Gymnodoris sp. 9 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1
* Hypselodoris obscura -35
Jorunna sp. 3 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -7
Trapania scurra -1 New Species
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniodoridella sp. 1 - mating pair
Dermatobranchus sp. 7
Philinopsis falciphallus
Eubranchus sp. 3
Goniobranchus verrieri
Jorunna sp. 3
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Flabellina rubrolineata
Gymnodoris sp. 17
Doto sp. 3
Eubranchus sp. 13
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Flabellina angelvaldesi
Facelina sp. 7
Goniodoridella savignyi
Surface conditions at the entry point
Gymnodoris sp. 9
Goniobranchus splendidus
Goniobranchus daphne
Substrate
Goniobranchus decorus
Trapania scurra - new species
Pteraeolidia semperi
