Thursday, December 12, 2024

Leopardus

This is the last full day of diving.

I got the nicest email from Doug and Lorenza (who I met in Palau with Aggressor) this morning asking me to join them on a couple of trips they have coming up.  I may consider it, but their trips are usually in the summer when I like to be in Chicago.

We dove the Jetty again this morning and found a Goniobranchus leopardus. Yay!  It reminds me of the first time I was here in Alor.  We also saw at least three Nembrotha sp. 2’s mating.

Timo found a Pleurobranchus for me on the afternoon dive and I practiced my snooting some more.

The dive sites picked for us today had absolutely no current.  It was awesome to be able to have perfect neutral buoyancy and just search for stuff.

I think I am going to leave a lot of stuff here and donate it to the resort.  Like expired over-the-counter medicine and dive gear.  They could use it here and it is time for me to replace stuff.

Slug Slog:

206 - Phyllodesmium hyalinum

207 - Doto sp. 4


208 - Phyllidia sp. 1

209 - Goniobranchus leopardus


210 - Phyllidiella annulata


211 - Phyllidiella granulata


212 - Phyllidia elegans (variant with orange rhinophores)


213 - Pleurobranchus grandis

214 - Vellicolla sp.


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