Julie, David, Terry and Gary on this excursion consisting of 1 x 57 minute and 1 x 58 minute dives in water depths up to 19.7 m, 5 m viz, 20 C water temp.
With the viz being low due to lots of particles in the water column, the team managed to find and record 50 species of Nudibranch, impressive to say the very least. Finding Tenellia melanobrachia on its eatin food source was a treat, as well as finding Chromodoris strigata near by on the main wall. Some unusual colourforms of Goniobranchus geometricus were found too.
Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Ardeadoris angustolutea 1/-
Ardeadoris rubroannulata -/1
Aegires flores 1/1
Berthella martensi 1/-
Bornella anguilla 1/2
Bulbaeolidia alba 1/-
Cadlinella ornatissima 1/1
Chromodoris elisabethina 6/6
Chromodoris kuiteri -/3
Chromodoris strigata 1/-
Chromodoris striatella 1/1
Cratena lineata 1/2
Cratena simba -/1
Dermatobranchus fasciatus 1/-
Dermatobranchus sp. 8 1/-
Dermatobranchus tuberculatus 1/-
Discodoris lilacina 1/-
* Doriprismatica atromarginata 3/11
Facelina bourailli -/1
Glossodoris sp. 5 1/-
Glossodoris rufomarginata 4/1
Glossodoris vespa 1/-
Goniobranchus albonares 1/-
Goniobranchus geometricus 1/3
Goniobranchus sp. 7 1/-
Goniobranchus splendidus 3/-
Halgerda albocristata -/1
Hexabranchus sanguineus 1/-
Hypselodoris godeffroyana 1/-
Hypselodoris jacksoni 7/4
Hypselodoris maritima 1/-
Hypselodoris obscura -/2
Hypselodoris sp. 3 1/-
Mariaglaja inornata 1/1
Phyllidia ocellata 1/-
Phyllidiella annulata -/1
Phyllidiella lizae -/1
Phyllidiella pustulosa 2/1
Phyllidiopsis burni 1/-
Tambja morosa 1/-
Tambja tenuilineata -/1
Tambja victoriae -/1
Tenellia melanobrachia 2/-
Thorunna daniellae 1/-
Thuridilla carlsoni 2/4
Thuridilla splendens 2/2
Tylodina corticalis -/2
Tyrannodoris luteolineata 1/-
Verconia norba 2/-
Verconia sp. 2 -/1
The back seat of our ride...heading out
Substrate
Thuridilla splendens
Chromodoris elisabethina
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Glossodoris rufomarginata
Hypselodoris jacksoni trio
Aegires flores
Verconia norba
Phyllidiopsis burni
Tyrannodoris luteolineata
Tenellia melanobrachia
Chromodoris strigata
Goniobranchus sp. 7
Tambja morosa
Hypselodoris maritima
Glossodoris rufomarginata
Dermatobranchus sp. 8
Surface conditions
Hypselodoris obscura
Cadlinella ornatissima
Tambja tenuilineata
Cratena lineata
Goniobranchus conchyliatus
Goniobranchus geometricus
Bornella anguilla
Tylodina corticalis
Thuridilla splendens 5 mm juvenile
Thuridilla carlsoni
Facelina bourailli
Tambja victoriae (circled)
Aegires flores
Ardeadoris angustolutea
Berthella martensi
Bulbaeolidia alba
Discodoris lilacina
Goniobranchus sp. 7
Goniobranchus geometricus
Halgerda albocristata
Hypselodoris godeffroyana
Hypselodoris sp. 3
Thuridilla carlsoni
Goniobranchus geometricus
Chromodoris striatella
Dermatobranchus fasciatus
Verconia sp. 2
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Tylodina corticalis
Chromodoris elisabethina
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Phyllidia annulata
Glossodoris rufomarginata
Hypselodoris godeffroyana
Ardeadoris rubroannulata
Tyrannodoris luteolineata
Chromodoris strigata
