Well, today is the last day of diving. Just two dives this morning.
On the first dive of the morning, I got to sit with the biggest Melibe virdis. I studied it and watched it eat. Whoa. I stayed there so long that a pipefish decided to hide in my camera arms. It was so cute I took a video.
On the second dive I found some additional interesting slugs I hadn’t seen yet on this trip.
Chris, John and I had our picture taken on the boat:
We had a last night party where there was a big Filippino meal and then we had the slide show. I just slipped away back to my cabin after. I was so tired.
Here are the slugs for the last day:
161 - Okenia kendi
162 - Hypselodoris whitei
163 - Goniobranchus rufomaculatus
Well, I am grateful that I was still able to take some pictures, but I certainly know it is time for a new camera setup.
I saw many nudibranchs on this trip I had never seen before in my life. That is super exciting. I’ll try to compile that list.
Here is the graph of the Nudis found in Anilao:
I am trying a new thing where I am keeping a Life List of Nudis and all the ones I've ever seen. That way each trip I can say which ones were new in life for me. For this trip to Anilao, there are 18 new ones:
- Ardeadoris averni
- Armina scotti
- Atagema sp. 13
- Chromodoris sp. 2
- Doriprismatica sp. 3
- Doris sp. 8
- Elysia cf. degeneri
- Elysia sp. 18
- Ercolania endophytophaga
- Eubranchus sp. 23
- Goniobranchus sp. 42
- Hallaxa iju
- Jorunna sp. 3
- Melibe megaceras
- Phyllodesmium kabiranum
- Polybranchia jensenae
- Thecacera sp. 11
- Thorunna sp. 6
I did 66 dives on this trip bringing me to 2,315 lifetime dives.
Until next time…
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