A single shore entry dive by Gary and Steve of 172 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 20 C water temperature and up to 8 m viz.
This time Steve and I dived Rotunda. The vis was great and the tidal flow was minimal. Locating a small Niparaya sp. 4 was a good find, getting a photo was great. Oddly only one Pteraeolidia semperi was found. If you want beauty, then finding Goniobranchus aureopurpureus and Dendrodoris denisoni were there to impress! Doto sp. 6 were found in groups mixed into the hydroid stalks and egg masses. This was the second dive this spring where the water temp was 21C.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Cratena lineata -15
Cratena simba -2
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Doto sp. 6 -13
Eubranchus sp. 10 -1
Facelina bourailli -2
Facelina sp. 12 -
Flabellina lotos -5
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -4
Goniodoridella savignyi -11
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -32
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -6
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Niparaya sp. 4 -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -2
Tenellia sp. 29 -3
Thuridilla carlsoni -4
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 6 -1
Verconia simplex -1
Entry
Steve ready
Substrate
Gymnodoris sp. 17
Unidentia sp. 6
Goniodoridella savignyi
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Hypselodoris obscura
Tenellia sp. 23
Unidentia sp. 6
Niparaya sp. 4
Niparaya sp. 4
Goniobranchus daphne
Thuridilla carlsoni
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Cratena lineata
Doto sp. 6
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniodoridella savignyi
Thuridilla carlsoni
Tenellia sp. 29
Doto sp. 6
Doto sp. 6
Looking up at the channel marker
Doto sp. 6
Flabellina lotos
Goniobranchus daphne
Facelina bourailli
Pteraeolidia semperi
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 23
Cratena simba
