Terry and Gary on this excursion consisting of 1 x 77 minute and 1 x 63 minute dives in water depths up to 18.6 m, 5-8 m viz, 19 C water temp and little surge.
Upon entering the water we found the viz had dropped off quite a bit. The undulating substrate made us work for our finds. The highlight was finding our 752nd species, Tritonia sp. 4. This little nudibranch has opaque white lines, we have never seen this before. Another great find, that we don't see very often, is Goniobranchus rufomaculatus. We did however literally run into a 200 mm Marionia rubra, yes is quite large.
This was the first dive outing this winter where the water dipped to 19 C.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Aegires villosus -/1
Chromodoris striatella -/1
Dermatobranchus oculus -/1
Dermatobranchus ornatus -/1
Dermatobranchus rodmani 1/-
Flabellina exoptata 1/-
Flabellina rubrolineata 1/-
Glossodoris vespa 1/-
Goniobranchus daphne -/1
Goniobranchus sp. 4 1/-
Goniobranchus sp. 6 3/-
Goniobranchus rufomaculatus 1/-
* Goniobranchus splendidus 4/11
Hypselodoris jacksoni -/1
Hypselodoris obscura 1/-
Hypselodoris sagamiensis -/1
Marionia rubra -/1
Phyllidia ocellata -/1
Tritonia sp. 4 1/- New Species
Tritoniopsis elegans 1/-
Tyrannodoris luteolineata 3/1
Verconia simplex 1/-
Surface conditions
Substrate
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Goniobranchus splendidus
Tritonia sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
Tyrannodoris luteolineata
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Dermatobranchus rodmani
Goniobranchus rufomaculatus
Hypselodoris obscura
Tritoniopsis elegans
Verconia simplex
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Marionia rubra
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Marionia rubra rhinophore
Goniobranchus sp. 4
Goniobranchus splendidus
Goniobranchus daphne
Phyllidia ocellata
Aegires villosus
Chromodoris striatella
Hypselodoris sagamiensis
Goniobranchus splendidus
Dermatobranchus oculus
Goniobranchus splendidus
Tritonia sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
Goniobranchus rufomaculatus
Dermatobranchus ornatus
