Exploration with Reef Friends

We set off early and headed to Raffles Lighthouse, ready for a survey but the current streams were rather strong and not very good to do surveys (unless we want to keep on finning). It was abandoned to much of our dismay but was quickly perked again at the idea of exploring the western parts of Hantu patch reefs.

With Chay Hoon around, the dives are always filled with plenty of nudibranchs! The visibility was fairly good and many fishes were darting around feeding from the water... Here's what I saw...

This three-armed seastar is likely a type of Asterina sp. Poor seastar lost all of its other arms...

A super tiny slug that only CH could see! She found many of them gliding on the substrate today and will be sharing them on her blog...

The only flatworm for the day...

Now, all the nudibranchs! Today's photos of nudibranch consisted mostly of their frontal shots...

Dendrodoris sp.

Flabellina sp. (Bi-colored nudibranch)

Dermatobranchus sp.

Tamja sp.

Hypselodoris emma

Hypselodoris maculosa

Chromodoris sinensis

Gymnodoris rubropapulosa (?)

Gymnodoris citrina

Thuridilla gracilis (Sap-sucking slugs)

Some other animals sighted included the thorny sea cucumber...

Gobies!


Not sure what fish this is... haha... They occur in pairs...

That's all! :)