46 species sighted at Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 06-12-2019.
A single shore entry dive by Gary, Fran, Never, Harvey and David of 243 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 26 C water temperature and up to 9 m viz.
A 34C summer day and sunny, not many people at the park and plenty of parking must mean a great dive coming up. Between the five of us you would think we would find everything. The water clarity was also great. The current was ever-so-slight. Our latest species Phyllodesmium sp. 8 was found from under a rock, a stunner, one I have not seen before, And then there were way more than one Phyllodesmium undulatum...striking! Finding Limacia ornata and Onchidoris maugeansis were real treats, they make you work at finding them. Finding Philinopsis sp. 5 with it's golden margin was a surprise.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Aglaja fulvipunctata -1
Austrocylichna leucampyx shell -3
Atys semistriatus -1
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Costasiella sp. 2 -1
Cratena lineata -1
Doto sp. 5 -18
Elysia sp. 18 -1
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Flabellina lotos -1
Goniobranchus collingwoodi -1
Goniobranchus daphne -16
Goniobranchus decorus -1
Goniobranchus geometricus -3
Goniobranchus splendidus -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -34
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Gymnodoris amakusana -20
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 13 -2
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -3
Hallaxa iju -1
Hypselodoris obscura -12
Hypselodoris whitei -2
Liloa brevis shell -1
Limacia ornata -1
Mnestia sp. 1 shell -1
Okenia liklik -1
Onchidoris maugeansis -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -2
Philinopsis sp. 5 -1 NEW SPECIES
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Phyllaplysia lafonti -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -1
Phyllodesmium sp. 8 -1 NEW SPECIES
Phyllodesmium undulatum -6
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Retusa sp. 5 shell -3
Tenellia sp. 23 -4
Tenellia sp. 61 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -5
Trapania vitta -1
Unidentia sp. 5 -1
Unidentia sp. 9 -2
Verconia simplex -1
Entry
The drift and surface conditions
Elysia sp. 18
Substrate
Flabellina lotos
Atys semistriatus
Gymnodoris amakusana
Limacia ornata
Flatworms
Cratena lineata
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Substrate
Pteraeolidia semperi
Gymnodoris amakusana
Phyllodesmium undulatum
Verconia simplex
Phyllodesmium sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Phyllodesmium sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Phyllodesmium sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Phyllodesmium sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Phyllodesmium sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniobranchus daphne
Mnestia sp. 1 shell
Gymnodoris sp. 13
Phyllodesmium undulatum
Hypselodoris whitei
Thuridilla carlsoni
Phyllaplysia lafonti
Doto sp. 5
Doto sp. 5
Doto sp. 5
Tenellia sp. 23
Unidentia sp. 5
Philinopsis falciphallus
Costasiella sp. 2
Costasiella sp. 2
Costasiella sp. 2
Facelina sp. 11
Tenellia sp. 23
Austrocylichna leucampyx shell
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Phyllodesmium undulatum
Pteraeolidia semperi juvenile
Goniobranchus decorus
Unidentia sp. 9
Goniobranchus splendidus
Goniobranchus geometricus
Retusa sp. 5 shell
Exit sunset
Philinopsis sp. 5 NEW SPECIES
Aglaja fulvipunctata
Okenia liklik
Phyllodesmium sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Onchidoris maugeansis
Costasiella kuroshimae
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Goniodoridella savignyi
Philinopsis speciosa
Hallaxa iju
Costasiella sp. 2
Facelina sp. 11
Tenellia sp. 23
Tenellia sp. 61
Unidentia sp. 9
Limacia ornata
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
Trapania vitta
