Before we got on the boat for the first dive, we had Dave take
the “Hypselodoric Oath” to not come up from the dive looking like Chewbacca
(covered with crinoids).
I do think we really need to get a nudi gavel for rulings on
important identifications!
On our first dive with Dave, we dropped right in to find a
Gymnodoris sp. 6 eating a Glossodoris cincta.
It was super cool!!!
Dave said that this species is still undescribed and that
the Gymnodorises are all messed up and tough to figure out.
We surpassed the first Slugfest Group’s count of species
today. Woo Hoo!!!
Today is declared “Open Wide Day” – Had both a frogfish and
a melibe open their mouth for me on the afternoon dive.
I took video of walking up the 83 stairs from beach to my
room with Go Pro.
We also found a Janolus sp.7 with just one rhinophore. Maybe we should call it Janolus unicorni?
New nudis today:
157 - Gymnodoris sp. 6
158 - Glossodoris rufomarginata
159 - Goniobranchus sp. 39
160 - Gymnodoris sp. 37
161 - Melibe coralophilia
162 - Phyllodesmium tuberculatum
163 - Phyllidiopsis striata
164 - Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus
165 - Melibe viridis
166 - Platydoris sanguinea
167 - Hydatina physis
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