A double boat entry dive by Gary and David of 53 and 56 minutes. Maximum depth 16.8 m, 27 C water temperature and up to 25 m viz.
A beautiful day called us to Flinders Reef today with Sunreef in 'Wild One' (great dive platform). The viz was too much for me! Water temp 27 C nice. The whole trip was worth everything when Halgerda sp. 4 was located at the base of the stag-horn coral forest. At 120 mm it had just finished laying an egg mass...where is the other one?? This is our newest species no. 907.
Species and number thereof sighted dive 1/dive 2
* Species with highest specimen count
Aegires citrinus 1/-
* Chromodoris elisabethina 2/2
Chromodoris strigata 1/-
Cratena simba 1/-
Diversidoris aurantionodulosa 1/-
Favorinus japonicus 2/-
Goniobranchus tinctorius 1/-
Halgerda sp. 4 -/1 NEW SPECIES
Phyllidiella lizae 1/1
Thuridilla gracilis -/3
Making ready
Surface conditions
Substrate
Substrate
Diversidoris aurantionodulosa
Phyllidiella lizae
Favorinus japonicus
Favorinus japonicus
Favorinus japonicus
Cratena simba
Chromodoris strigata
Chromodoris elisabethina
Aegires citrinus
Goniobranchus tinctorius
Surface conditions
Searching
Substrate
Thuridilla gracilis
Flatworm
Halgerda sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
Halgerda sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
Halgerda sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
Halgerda sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
Halgerda sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
Halgerda sp. 4 NEW SPECIES
David in action
Cratena simba
Thuridilla gracilis
Goniobranchus tinctorius
Phyllidiella lizae
Chromodoris strigata
Diversidoris aurantionodulosa
Favorinus japonicus
Aegires citrinus
Chromodoris elisabethina
