Gary and David on this excursion consisting of 1 x 77 minute and 1 x 72 minute dives in water depths from 15 m to 19 m. 12 m viz, 20 C water temp and moderate surge.
Upon descent we had intended diving the northern side as we did last time and then reeling over to the southern wall but arriving at the bottom we found the anchor had dropped onto the southern side and the chain laid up the sand gutter. So we reversed the dive plan and explored the southern side first. It seemed as though there were not as many slugs over there but a review of the images proved that be an erroneous impression. Finds of note include: Aglaja sp. 3, Caloria indica, Dermatobranchus tuberculatus and Verconia sp. 2.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Aglaja sp. 3 2/-
Ardeadoris sp. 2 -/1
Bornella anguilla -/1
Caloria indica -/1
Chromodoris elisabethina 1/1
Chromodoris kuiteri 3/3
Dermatobranchus rodmani 1/3
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus 1/-
Doriprismatica atromarginata 4/2
Flabellina sp. 1 -/1
Glossodoris vespa 1/-
Goniodoridella savignyi 1/-
Hexabranchus sanguineus 1/1
Hypselodoris jacksoni 1/2
Phyllidiella lizae 1/-
Phyllidiella pustulosa 1/3
Pteraeolidia semperi -/2
Tenellia sp. 33 -/1
Tyrannodoris luteolineata -/1
* Thuridilla splendens 8/9
Verconia decussata 2/-
Verconia simplex 2/1
Verconia sp. 2 -/1
Hexabranchus sanguineus
The reason it's called Hexabranchus
Aglaja sp. 3
Hypselodoris jacksoni - feeding
Bornella anguilla
Tenellia sp. 33
Tyrannodoris luteolineata
Verconia decussata
Verconia simplex - compare with species above
Chromodoris elisabethina
Substrate
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Substrate
Thuridilla splendens
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus
Goniodoridella savignyi
Surface conditions
Dermatobranchus rodmani
Chromodoris kuiteri
Caloria indica
Verconia sp. 2
Pteraeolidia semperi
