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14-03-2021 TJ’s Boulders & Nudi Retreat

DAY/DATE

Sunday

14/03/2021

SITE/S

TJ’s Boulders & Nudi Retreat
Currimundi Reef

 

PARTICIPANTS

Terry, David

 

TYPE

Subtidal

 

MODE

Boat Dives

 

VESSEL

Rebel II

 

DIVE

1

2

 

SITE/S

TJ’s Boulders

Nudi Retreat

 

SPECIES #

18

11

 

DURATION

71 Min

78 Min

 

DEPTH/RANGE

16 – 20 m

14 – 17 m

 

TEMP.

26 C

26 C

 

VIS.

7 m

7 m

 

SURGE

Nil

Nil

 

CURRENT

Nil

Nil

 

COMMENTS & OBSERVATIONS

Another day of recording for the Sea Slug Census of the Sunshine Coast. Not as many species as the previous day being one less diver on this trip. The water still had the green tinge. Again, there were species we expected to see but they eluded our searching. There were other finds of note however, including Babakina indopacifica and Ceratosoma trilobatum at TJ’s Boulders and Aegires gardineri at Nudi Retreat. The species count at Nudi Retreat was unexpectedly low.

Total Species Sighted: 25

SPECIES LIST – ALPHABETICAL

Aegires gardineri -/3
Babakina indopacifica 1/-
Bornella anguilla 1/-
Bulbaeolidia alba -/3
Ceratosoma trilobatum 1/-
Chromodoris kuiteri 2/5
Dermatobranchus ornatus 1/-
Doriprismatica atromarginata 2/5
Flabellina lotos 1/-
Flabellina rubrolineata 1/-
Glossodoris rufomarginata -/1
Goniobranchus splendidus 3/-
Goniobranchus sp. 06 -/1
Hypselodoris emma -/1
Hypselodoris jacksoni 2/-
Hypselodoris sp. 10 1/-
Phyllidia ocellata 1/-
Phyllidiella annulata  -/1
Phyllidiella pustulosa 7/6
Pleurolidia juliae 3/-
Pteraeolidia semperi 2/2
Roboastra luteolineata 4/-
Tenellia sibogae 1/-
Tritoniopsis elegans -/1
Tylodina corticalis 2/-

SPECIES GROUPED BY ORDER

Nudibranchia
Aegires gardineri -/3
Babakina indopacifica 1/-
Bornella anguilla 1/-
Bulbaeolidia alba -/3
Ceratosoma trilobatum 1/-
Chromodoris kuiteri 2/5
Dermatobranchus ornatus 1/-
Doriprismatica atromarginata 2/5
Flabellina lotos 1/-
Flabellina rubrolineata 1/-
Glossodoris rufomarginata -/1
Goniobranchus splendidus 3/-
Goniobranchus sp. 06 -/1
Hypselodoris emma -/1
Hypselodoris jacksoni 2/-
Hypselodoris sp. 10 1/-
Phyllidia ocellata 1/-
Phyllidiella annulata  -/1
Phyllidiella pustulosa 7/6
Pleurolidia juliae 3/-
Pteraeolidia semperi 2/2
Roboastra luteolineata 4/-
Tenellia sibogae 1/-
Tritoniopsis elegans -/1

Cephalaspidea

Sacoglossa

Umbraculoidea
Tylodina corticalis 2/-

Pleurobranchoidea

Anaspidea

Pteropoda

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