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April - After a Tropical Cyclone and two intense east coast lows, the beaches and rivers here are recovering
from being battered by heavy swell and continual rain. Hastings Point also suffered heavily but should be worth a
dive after the current school holidays. I have revised my Ascidacea page, adding some new species not previously
included and naming others. Any help with identification, and corrections, is appreciated.

Acasta sp? - Brunswick Beach - New Gnathia sp? - Hastings Pt - New Ritterella tokioka - Hastings Point - Identified Polyandrocarpa zorritensis - Brunswick River - Identified Symplegma teruakii - Brunswick R & Hastings Pt - Identified Species? - Hastings Pt - New Species? - Hastings Pt - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Synoicum sacculum - Hastings Pt - Identified Pyura irregularis? - Brunswick R & Hastings Pt - Identified Perophora hutchisoni? - Brunswick River - Identified Polycarpa viridis - Brunswick River - Identified Eusynstyela latericius - Brunswick River - Identified Polyandrocarpa zorritensis - Brunswick River - Identified Botrylloides violaceus? - Brunswick River - Identified Botrylloides diegensis - Hastings Point - Identified

February - Not much new to report. A recent run of on-shore winds left a lot of cuttlebones on the beach
and, although a common occurrence here, some were in very good condition. My thanks to Dr Amanda Reid at
the Australian Museum for her help with identification.

Ascarosepion mestus - Brunswick Beach - New Ascarosepion opiparum - Brunswick Beach - New Ascarosepion plangon - Brunswick Beach - New Acanthosepion whitleyana - Brunswick Beach - New Sepia grahami - Brunswick Beach - New Atagema sp - Hastings Point - New Avaldesia albomaculata?? - Brunswick River - New Avaldesia tahala - Brunswick River - Name change

January - After a lot of rain, the river is still not worth a dive, and the Christmas school holiday crowd
prevents parking at other spots. Just a few more weeks and they will all go away!!

Tenellia puti - Brunswick River - Newly named Arakawania marginalba - Brunswick Hds & Hastings Pt - Name change Amphithalamus incidatus - Hastings Pt - New images Cingulina pulchra - Hastings Pt - New Barbatia foliata - Hastings Pt - New Phronimella elongata? - Brunswick Beach - New Oxinasphaera aylostera - Brunswick Beach - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Hastings Pt - New Species? - Hastings Pt - New

October - Not much diving but hopefully I can get into the water now the school holiday crowds are
gone for a while.

Species? - Brunswick Heads - New Phronima sp - Brunswick Beach - New Phronima sp - Brunswick Beach - New Spirobranchus sp? - Hastings Point - New Branchiomma sp? - Brunswick Heads - New Spirobranchus sp - Brunswick Heads, on flotsam - New Eunaticina linnaeana - Seagull Rocks - New Eudendrium sp? - Brunswick Heads - New Sukashitrochus atkinsoni? - Hastings Point - New Sagenotriphora ampulla? - Hastings Point - New Ascarosepion rozella - Brunswick Beach - New Species? - Seagull Rocks - New Species? - Seagull Rocks - New Trinchesia sp - Brunswick River - New Trinchesia sp - Brunswick River - New Life on a cartrut - Brunswick River - New

September - Flat seas and low tides have enabled me to look closely at the masses of Galeolaria worm tubes on
the north seawall, and the many species that live in and around them. The tiny parasitic snail Pseudoskenella depressa
is a very interesting example.

Coryne sp? - Brunswick Heads - New Gymnangium sp? - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Scutellastra peronii - Brunswick Heads - New images Patelloida latistrigata - Brunswick Heads - New Saccostrea scyphophilla - Brunswick Heads - New Pseudoskenella depressa - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Brunswick Beach - New Sponge barnacle - Brunswick Beach - New Guinusia chabrus - Brunswick Beach - New images Eubranchus sp - On cart-rut shell, Brunswick Breakwall - New Trinchesia sp - On cart-rut shell, Brunswick Breakwall - New Eubranchus sp - On barnacle, Brunswick Breakwall - New Doto sp - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Brunswick Heads - New

July - Very little diving done lately, the wintery days have kept me out of the water. Old and cold!!
Still able to find some new images though.

Echinostrephus aciculatus - Hastings Point - New Austrobalanus imperator - Brunswick River - New Balanus trigonus - Brunswick River - New Megabalanus tintinnabulum - Hastings Point - Identified Striatobalanus cf tenuis - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick River - New Species? - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Brunswick Heads - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Bermudella pellucida - Brunswick River - Name change Bermudella harastii - Brunswick River - Name change Bermudella sp? - Brunswick River - Name change Hipponix conicus - Hastings Point - New images Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Epitonium jukesianum - Brunswick River - New images Striarca pisolina - Hastings Point - New Iredalea sp - Hastings Point - New Species - Brunswick River - New images Pachygrapsus laevimanus - Brunswick R. & Hastings Pt - New Eulaeospira convexis? - Hastings Point - New Neodexiospira lamellosa? - Hastings Point - Identified Species? - Brunswick River - New Sphaeroma sp? - Brunswick River - New Portunus sp - Brunswick Hds beach - New Limaria orientalis - Brunswick R & Hastings Pt - Identified Limaria fragilis - Hastings Point - Identified

March - After 3 La Ninas the current El Nino has been the wettest I have seen here.
Unfortunately the river is badly affected and is still not worth a dive. I have also
not been able to dive at Hastings Point since before the Christmas holidays. Nothing
on the beaches as well.

Pelagella longicornis - Hastings Pt - Identified Paliota galactica - Hastings Pt & Brunswick R - Identified Fibularia plateia - Brunswick beach - Identified Nassarius albescens - Hastings Point - New images Pinctada margaritifera - Hastings Point - New Pinctada sp - Hastings Point - New

November - not a lot of opportunity to get in the water lately. A search of the
mangroves revealed large numbers of the seaslug Elysia bangtawaensis in
mudcrab holes and shallow natural drains.

Elysia bangtawaensis - Brunswick River - New images Brachyscelus sp? - Brunswick Beach - New Phronima atlantica? - Brunswick Beach - New Lepas sp? - Brunswick Beach - New Lepas anatifera? - Brunswick Beach - New Thysanozoon fuscobulbosum - Brunswick River - Identified Pinctada albina - Brunswick River - New Callista disrupta - Hastings Point - New

August - No diving in the Brunswick River, could be soon though due to lack
of rain. A few calm, clear days at Hastings Point were very rewarding, with
some new species. Some name changes as well.

Doto rosacea - Hastings Point - New Lobiger sp - Hastings Point - New Micromelo scriptus - Hastings Point - Name change Aplysia concava - Hastings Point - Name change Hexabranchus lacer - Hastings Point - Name change Jorunna hervei - Hastings Point - Identified Species? - Hastings Point - New Phyllodoce sp? - Hastings Point - New Lineus sp? - Hastings Point - New Pagurixus carinimanus - Hastings Point - New images Joculator sp - Hastings Point - New Diogenes sp - Brunswick River - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Gymnangium sp? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Palythoa mutuki? - Hastings Point - Identified? Zoanthus vietnamensis? - Hastings Point - Identified? Culicia tenella? - Hastings Point - New Cladangia exusta? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Species? - Hastings Point - New Canarium microurceus - Hastings Point - New images Species? - Brunswick River - New

 

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