Saturday, December 14, 2024

Wrapping Up 2024

And today I fly.  I have three domestic flights, an escort to the International terminal in Jakarta and then two international flights.  Whoa.  It is going to be a LOT.  I hope all my connections go well.

I am a little excited to just sit still and read.  I made sure I have plenty of books on my Kindle and some Netflix shows downloaded.

Here are the stats for this trip:

218 Unique Species of Nudibranchs.  That is down from 233 in 2023 and 214 in 2022.  Disclaimer: I went fast and made some mistakes.  I posted many things to Facebook groups for ID help, but otherwise I was just working solo this year.



I am now keeping track of a Life List of Nudis so I can tell which ones are new for me in life.  For this trip to Alor, here are the 27 new ones:

Armina papillata

Bulla vernicosa

Carminodoris grandiflora

Coryphellina flamma 

Coryphellina sp.

Dermatobranchus sp. 16

Diaulula sp. 1

Doris pecten

Facelinid sp.

Facelinid sp. B463

Facelinidae sp. 27

Goniobranchus sp. 1

Jorunna sp. 7

Melibe digitata

Mexichromis sp. 2

Paradoris sp. 8

Phyllidia cf. exquisita

Phyllidia sp. 3

Phyllidiella cooraburrama

Phyllodesmium cf. opalescens

Phyllodesmium sp. 5

Samla macassarana

Tenellia minor

Tritonia sp. 9

Vellicolla sp.

Verconia simplex

Verconia sp.

Although, I swear I have seen some of these before (like Doris pecten), but maybe I figured out the ID after I compiled the list in previous years.

I did 76 Dives bringing me to a lifetime total of 2391.  I did 142 dives this year (not including any volunteer dives at Shedd).  That’s the most I’ve done since 2020.

Until next time!


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