Saturday 6 December 2014

Nelson Bay Pipe 1/12/2014 Evening dive

Branch stats (name, size, numbers)

Nelson Bay Pipe, 1/12/2014, water entered 17:05 hrs for 74 minutes, 20 degrees water temperature, 10 metres visibility

Aphelodoris varia 35 1
Ceratosoma amoenum 17 8
Doriprismatica atromarginata 32 1
Elysia sp. 7 1
Flabellina rubrolineata 20 7
Goniobranchus splendidus 33 1
Hydatina physis 35 1
Hypselodoris bennetti 18 3
Philinopsis lineolata 20 2
Polycera capensis 24 4
Pteraeolidia ianthina 14-70 5
Umbraculum umbraculum 130 2

Photos

Hopefully, that seahorse will forgive me for showing it to the world. But I have the impression that people in Nelson Bay care and make sure the seahorses don't fall victim to poachers.
Polycera capensis, a new species for me but I don't think it is particularly rare.


Philinopsis lineolata with beautiful eyes under the head shield. I really tried hard to take a good picture. But somehow I could not figure out what was wrong. Interesting that they can be found during the day.


Umbraculum umbraculum - it is totally new to me and comes as a surprise that this species can be found during the day. I found a few of them during the whole trip.


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