Julie, Terry and David on this excursion consisting of 2 x 92 minute dives in water depths of 14m to 18m. 15m+ viz, 26C water temp and zero surge.
Surface conditions and visibility continue to favour us. Nudie-3 is another of the interesting sites located within the Currimundi Reef zone. It slopes gradually up out of the sand and provides a number of small individual ledges up into 14m of water depth. Highlights included finding a single Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus amongst all the D. ornatus, a pair of Favorinus tsuruganus manoeuvring to mate and a new species for us, Kaloplocamus peludo (species number 562).
Number of species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive
* Species with highest specimen count
Aegires citrinus -/2
Ardeadoris rubroannulata 1/-
Atys sp. (TBC) -/1
Bulbaeolidia alba -/1
Chromodoris splendida 3/3
Chromodoris striatella 1/-
Dermatobranchus cf. primus 2/-
Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus -/1
* Dermatobranchus ornatus 6/19
Dermatobranchus sp. 5 -/1
Doriprismatica atromarginata 7/5
Elysia maoria -/1
Favorinus tsuruganus -/2
Flabellina rubrolineata 1/1
Glossodoris vespa 4/1
Goniobranchus albonares 1/-
Goniobranchus cf. reticulatus 2/-
Goniobranchus collingwoodi -/1
Goniobranchus daphne -/1
Goniobranchus geometricus 1/-
Gymnodoris alba -/1
Halgerda albocristata -/1
Hypselodoris bullockii 2/1
Hypselodoris jacksoni 2/-
Hypselodoris obscura 2/1
Kaloplocamus peludo 1/- (our 562nd species)
Marionia cyanobranchiata 1/-
Miamira sinuata 1/-
Phyllidia ocellata 3/4
Phyllidia picta -/1
Phyllidia varicosa -/1
Phyllidiella lizae 2/1
Phyllidiella pustulosa 1/1
Phyllidiopsis burni -/1
Phyllodesmium magnum 1/-
Pteraeolidia ianthina 1/9
Roboastra luteolineata 3/1
Sagaminopteron ornatum 9/1
Tritoniopsis alba 1/1
Tylodina corticalis -/1
Surface conditions - overcast but ideal
Phyllidiella lizae
Chromodoris splendida
Marionia cyanobranchiata
Hypselodoris obscura
Hypselodoris bullockii
Hypselodoris jacksoni
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Goniobranchus albonares
Dermatobranchus cf. primus
Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus
Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus
Tylodina corticalis
Phyllidia picta
Dermatobranchus ornatus
Favorinus tsuruganus - mating
Phyllidia varicosa
Atys sp. (TBC)
Gymnodoris alba
Roboastra luteolineata
Sagaminopteron ornatum
The richly covered substrate
Chromodoris splendida - no blotches
Glossodoris vespa
Goniobranchus cf. reticulatus
Miamira sinuata
Goniobranchus geometricus
Ardeadoris rubroannulata
Phyllodesmium magnum
Sagaminopteron ornatum
Tritoniopsis alba
Flabellina rubrolineata
Pteraeolidia ianthina
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
Goniobranchus daphne
Favorinus tsuruganus
Favorinus tsuruganus
Elysia maoria
Bulbaeolidia alba
Halgerda albocristata
Marionia cyanobranchiata -head shot
Aegires citrinus
Phyllidia ocellata
Kaloplocamus peludo
(our 562nd species)
Kaloplocamus peludo - head shot
Kaloplocamus peludo - in the lab
