Monday, March 18, 2013

Species List Flinders Reef East, Moreton Island 17-03-2013


35 Species found at Flinders Reef East, Moreton Island, outer mooring, 15m viz, 18m depth, 26C water temp, 33C air temp, a little surge. 1st dive/2nd dive.
*most species found this outing.

Aegires gardineri 1
Chromodoris elisabethina 2/2
*Chromodoris lochi 3/2
Costasiella kuroshimae /4
Cratena cf. affinis /1
Cratena lineata 1/1
Dendrodoris denisoni /1
Dermatobranchus cf. primus 2/1
Favorinus sp. 1  1
Flabellina rubrolineata 1/1 (1 no red lines)
Goniobranchus geometricus 1
Halgerda aurantiomaculata 2/1
Halgerda elegans 1/1
Hexabranchus sanguineus /1 juvenile
Hypselodoris aff. maculosa /1
Hypselodoris iacula 1 Our 537th Species! New record for Australia.
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
Hypselodoris maculosa 1
Hypselodoris obscura /1
Marianina rosea /1
Mexichromis trilineata /1
Noumea alboannulata 1
Phyllidia exquisita 2
Phyllidia ocellata 2
Phyllidia varicosa /1
Phyllidiella lizae 2
Phyllidiella pustulosa 1/1
Pleurobranchus caledonicus 2  2 Second animal found in 10 years!
Protaeolidiella juliae /3
Sclerodoris sp. 7  2 Our 538th Species! New record for Australia.
Thorunna montrouzieri 1
Thorunna sp. 2  1/1
Thuridilla carlsoni 1/1
Thuridilla neona /1
Trinchesia ornata 2
Trinchesia sp. 6  1

Joey and Gary searching 

Joey getting ready to search!

The substrate

Sclerodoris sp. 7  Our 538th Species! photo David Mullins

Hypselodoris iacula Our 537th Species! New record for Australia

Hypselodoris iacula Our 537th Species! New record for Australia

Hypselodoris maculosa

Goniobranchus geometricus

Aegires gardineri

Flabellina rubrolineata no red lines

Cratena lineata

Marianina rosea

Thuridilla neona

Cratena cf. affinis

Protaeolidiella juliae

Costasiella kuroshimae

Chromodoris lochi

Halgerda aurantiomaculata

Hypselodoris aff. maculosa

Phyllidia varicosa

Mexichromis trilineata

Hypselodoris iacula

Hypselodoris iacula gills

Hypselodoris iacula photo Joey

Flabellina rubrolineata photo Joey

Pleurobranchus caledonicus  Second animal found in 10 years! photo David Mullins

Halgerda aurantiomaculata photo Joey