A single shore afternoon come night entry dive by Gary, Elliot and Brenton of 128 minutes. Maximum depth 5.6 m, 20 C water temperature and up to 8 m viz.
Perfect conditions for a night dive. Cratena lineata is still out in mass, hundreds of animals. At the base of the channel marker was a large hydroid and many Tenellia sp. 32 and 44 animals, a spectacular sight. Two large Philinopsis falciphallus were also recorded. The numbers of Pteraeolidia semperi at this site are no where near the Toilet Block site.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Aglaja fulvipunctata -2
Atys semistriatus -4
Atys semistriatus shell -1
Haminoea sp. shell -1
* Cratena lineata -100+
Cratena simba -1
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -5
Facelina sp. 8 -1
Flabellina lotos -35
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Goniobranchus decorus -1
Goniodoridella savigny -12
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -41
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -12
Mnestia sp. 1 shell -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -2
Phyllodesmium opalescens -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -2
Tenellia sp. 32 -6
Tenellia sp. 44 -11
Unidentia sp. 1 -2
Afternoon entry
Ready to go!
Substrate
Substrate
Hypselodoris obscura
Hypselodoris obscura
Cratena lineata
Elysia sp. 11
Goniodoridella savigny
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Goniodoridella savigny mating
Mnestia sp. 1 shell
Cratena simba
Flabellina lotos
Flabellina lotos
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 44
Tenellia sp. 32
Tenellia sp. 44
Tenellia sp. 32
Tenellia sp. 44
Eubranchus sp. 10
Eubranchus sp. 10
Cratena lineata
Eubranchus sp. 10
Goniobranchus daphne
Philinopsis falciphallus
Philinopsis falciphallus
Philinopsis falciphallus
Facelina sp. 8
Haminoea sp. shell
Aglaja fulvipunctata
Aglaja fulvipunctata
