Alpha adventures: Minnie Water NSW (Jun, 2019)
On the drive between Brisbane and Canberra (which I had to do a few times in 2019) I always stopped for a snorkel in the NSW coastal village of Minnie Water. The tidal rock pools are home to lots of amazing critters.
Highlights were a pregnant grey nurse shark sheltering in the shallows, and 21 species of gastropods (including a few new nudibranchs for my life list) and flatworms.
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Whitish Dogwhelk (Nassarius albescens)Observer
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Found in intertidal rock pool; Small animal 15-20mm, moving quickly across surface of a rock.
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Umbrella Slug (Umbraculum umbraculum)Observer
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Minnie Water
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Peron's Pleurobranch (Pleurobranchus peronii)Observer
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Minnie Water
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Gem Doris (Dendrodoris krusensternii)Observer
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Minnie Water
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White-speckled Headshield Slug (Biuve fulvipunctata)Observer
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Minnie Water
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Brown-lined Paperbubble (Hydatina physis)Observer
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Minnie Water
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