Gary and David were joined by Sue & Rogan on this single shore entry dive, of 100 minutes. Maximum depth 6.2 m, 28 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.
Our good friends and like-minded divers Sue Churchill and Rogan Draper are visiting from North Queensland. They have a wider knowledge and interests in underwater critters than us tragic nudibranch chasers. A couple of the Flabellina species were sighted hopefully heralding a return of these once prevalent slugs.
Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count.
* Atys semistriatus -5
Carminodoris nodulosa -1
Chelidonura fulvipunctata -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -3
Flabellina angelvaldesi -2
Flabellina sp. 5 -1
Goniobranchus daphne -2
Goniobranchus splendidus -4
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -3
Gymnodoris sp. 9 -1 TBC
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Noumeaella sp. 1 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -2
Tenellia sibogae -3
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Gearing up
The slug hunters queue up at the entry point
Surface conditions under the last of the sun
Goniobranchus daphne
Tenellia sp. 23
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae - uncommon colour variation
Noumeaella sp. 1
Noumeaella sp. 1
Flabellina sp. 5
Chelidonura fulvipunctata
Flabellina angelvaldesi
Philinopsis falciphallus
Pteraeolidia semperi
Eubranchus sp. 10
Carminodoris nodulosa
Goniobranchus splendidus
Atys semistriatus
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Gymnodoris sp. 9
Hypselodoris obscura
