A single shore entry dive by Gary, Sheryl, Kelly-Anne, Fran, Nevar and David of 221 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 25 C water temperature and up to 4 m viz.
Before the weather gets up a group of us decided to see what was upriver Fish Cage...new species!! Great dive. A real surprise was finding Phyllaplysia lafonti WOW! And another great find was finally finding Costasiella usagi here on the Sunshine Coast. 5 new species and 1 new record for the river, a great outing from 221 minutes and finally 25C water temp.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Austrocylichna leucampyx shell -3
Caloria indica -1 NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -1
Costasiella sp. 2 -4
Costasiella usagi -1 NEW SPECIES
Cratena lineata -1
Cratena simba -1
Doto sp. 5 -10
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Elysia sp. 18 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -2
Facelina sp. 11 -9
Facelina sp. 12 -1
Flabellina lotos -1
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -6
Goniobranchus decorus -6
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -32
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 +100
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 7 -1
Goniodoris sp. 5 -1 NEW SPECIES
Gymnodoris amakusana -2
Gymnodoris sp. 20 -3
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -3
Hallaxa iju -2
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Julia exquisita -1
Kaloplocamus sp. 2 -1 NEW SPECIES
Limacia ornata -5
Niparaya sp. 4 -1
Okenia liklik -2
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Philinopsis speciosa -3
Phyllaplysia lafonti -1 NEW SPECIES
Phyllodesmium opalescens -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Retusa sp. 5 shell -3
Sebadoris fragilis -1
Tenellia sp. 20 -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -2
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Tenellia sp. 29 -1
Tenellia sp. 59 -1 NEW SPECIES
Thuridilla carlsoni -5
Trapania palmula -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -1
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 9 -1
Entry
The drift upriver
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 1
Thuridilla carlsoni
Gymnodoris sp. 20
Phyllodesmium opalescens
Gymnodoris amakusana
Tenellia sp. 23
Phyllaplysia lafonti NEW SPECIES
Phyllaplysia lafonti NEW SPECIES
Tenellia sp. 59 NEW SPECIES
Tenellia sp. 59 NEW SPECIES
Limacia ornata
Limacia ornata
Limacia ornata rock
Limacia ornata
Limacia ornata
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Costasiella usagi NEW SPECIES
Costasiella usagi NEW SPECIES
Costasiella usagi NEW SPECIES
Costasiella usagi NEW SPECIES
Costasiella usagi NEW SPECIES
Costasiella sp. 2
Costasiella sp. 2
Costasiella sp. 2
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Hypselodoris obscura
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 24
Gymnodoris amakusana
Philinopsis falciphallus
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Gymnodoris sp. 22
Facelina sp. 11
Tenellia sp. 29
Caloria indica NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Caloria indica NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Philinopsis speciosa
Facelina sp. 11
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Trapania palmula
Elysia sp. 18
Philinopsis speciosa
Niparaya sp. 4
Unidentia sp. 9
Retusa sp. 5 shell
Facelina sp. 12
Tenellia sp. 23
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Doto sp. 5
Hypselodoris obscura
Sebadoris fragilis
Hallaxa iju
Goniodoris sp. 5 NEW SPECIES
Julia exquisita
Elysia sp. 11
Eubranchus sp. 10
Pteraeolidia semperi
Kaloplocamus sp. 2 NEW SPECIES
Kaloplocamus sp. 2 NEW SPECIES
Goniodoris sp. 5 NEW SPECIES
Phyllaplysia lafonti NEW SPECIES
Limacia ornata
Costasiella usagi NEW SPECIES
Goniobranchus geometricus
Okenia liklik
Cratena simba
