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This sighting was reported to me with pics by Troy Johnson a local to Edithburgh the area is about 500m from where they are normally sighted. Photos are not sharp but hopefully good enough for ID.

I am keen to know if this is a new sighting or a previously seen Leafy!

Observed today, this leafy I believe was not named until now so meet “Opal” he is 20-25cm I estimate his age to be around 2 years old. He look very health but was a bit camera shy so I minimised my interaction and used NO bright lights.

I am hoping it is a male and will replace Ralph as the next alpha male for the area.

Small fanworm growing in dead mussel shell on sandy silty rubbly substrate,small boat dive.(old slide scan,date approx for later editing using dive logs)

Update EDITED on 04-04-2019
!!!! IMPORTANT DATE ERROR !!!!
Please note ,in context of below comments,that I checked my old dive log info tonight and discovered that I had attached incorrect data as a caption for this image ,at some stage over the years since it was taken.
The image was taken in 2002 not 1989.
It was taken on a shallow boat dive at the Glenelg Blocks metro Adelaide, depth around 6 m.
I apologize for this mistake.

SPECIES: Philinopsis taronga (or is this also P.speciosa?)
NOTE: 1 of 3 individuals all together within ~20cm - 2 larger (x1 P.taronga and x1 P.speciosa).
LENGTH: 7mm.
DEPTH: 1.2m
IMAGES: x4 (Image #4: for reference, this image only has the x2 other Headhshields that were found with this smaller one - P.taronga and P.speciosa)
BEHAVIOUR: Foraging on open, sandy bed.
CAMERA: Olympus TG4 (w/Sea Frogs housing)
PROJECT: Twelfth Melbourne Sea Slug Census - Mar 2022

Small slug found in a 6yo kid's tiny toy handnet after it was dragged across the silty sandy bottom of a very small and very shallow mid to upper intertidal zone rock pool lined with a bit of Caulocystis algae.