Happy Valentine's Day! I love this card that the California Academy of Sciences put out:
In between the two morning dives, Vanessa spotted a "snot" on the bow near the boat line. Turns out it was a Scyllaea fulva. A species we hadn't seen yet. We put it in a cup of sea water and took pictures. Then Gary put it back on the mooring line. So we saved it!
75 - Marionia sp. 15
JR had the second half of the day off, so I just hung around the group on both dives.
On the afternoon dive, Caroline pointed out to me something on a hydroid. I didn't think this was a nudi since it looked like the critter had feet. But upon further examination, it IS TOTALLY a nudi. The Lomanotus sp. It is just that the foot of the nudibranch has stripes. New learning for me. I am so glad I got at least a few photos of it. She also found another Lomanotus, so I started calling her the Lomanotus Queen.
On the night dive, I wasn't finding much. Then I saw everyone was waiting in line for something. I was getting annoyed, so I went to look for other stuff and I found a Goniobranchus geometricus and a Thuridilla lineolata. Which is two more than I found on the rest of the dive! But when finally everyone else was done shooting, they had left. And I for the life of me could not find the subject. Ugh! I was so mad I started yelling underwater. John finally came over and saved me... he showed me the nudi. God love him. It was a Marionia sp. 15. The sea lice was really bad and I couldn't get a good shot.
As I came back from the night dive and walked up my porch, there was a land slug on it. Whoa. My funny valentine...
Here are the lovely underwater slugs for today:
68 - Unknown
69 - Thorunna halourga
70 - Trapania darvelli
71 - Phyllodesmium rudmani
72 - Phyllodesmium koehleri
73 - Scyllaea fulva
74 - Lomanotus sp.
75 - Marionia sp. 15
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