Nudibranch Central

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Species List: 08-12-2018, Rotunda, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

19 species sighted at, Rotunda, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 08-12-2018.

A single shore solo dive by Gary of 161 minutes. Maximum depth 5.6 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.

Before the water gets any worse I thought I would have another go. I was surprised at what I found, another new species Costasiella sp. 3. While searching a 2 m sea snake gave me a visit.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Costasiella sp. 3 -1 NEW SPECIES
Cratena lineata -2
Facelina bourailli -1
Facelina sp. 11 -5
Flabellina rubrolineata -3
Godiva sp. 3 -1
Goniobranchus daphne -5
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -22
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -7
Haminoea sp. 12 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -1
Okenia liklik -1
Retusa sp. 5 shell -2
Tenellia sp. 20 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -1
Unidentia sp. 2 -2

Entry

Costasiella sp. 3 NEW SPECIES

Haminoea sp. 12

Godiva sp. 3

Thuridilla carlsoni

Substrate

Bulbaeolidia alba

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Facelina bourailli

Facelina sp. 11

Flabellina rubrolineata

Okenia liklik

Hypselodoris obscura

Retusa sp. 5 shell

Goniobranchus daphne

Unidentia sp. 2

Gymnodoris sp. 10

A visitor

Tenellia sp. 20

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Unidentia sp. 1

Cratena lineata

Goniodoridella savignyi

Surface conditions and dive float

Species List: 06-12-2018, Toilet Block, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

38 species sighted at, Toilet Block, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 06-12-2018.

A single night shore dive by David, Julie, Terry and Gary of 130 minutes. Maximum depth 4.9 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.

The time was right to go for a Team night dive, Julie and Terry went right and David and I went left so we could cover the site. The weather will be pretty bad over the week and we thought we should jump in now. Upon descending we encountered a white-out of silt that cleared a little the deeper we went. The viz was low but we could still find nudibranchs including a new species for the river, Doris immonda at 15 mm and a new species to our list Lomanotis sp. 6. It has been a very long time since we last saw a green colour-form of Doris immonda. With the team covering a lot of the site the number of species recorded was quite high.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Biuve fulvipunctata -1
Cratena simba -1
Chelidonura sp. 1 -1
Dendrodoris nigra -1
Dermatobranchus sp. 6 –3
Discodoris lilacina -1
Doris immonda -1 NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Flabellina rubrolineata -7
Godiva quadricolor -1
Goniobranchus collingwoodi -3
* Goniobranchus daphne -18
Goniobranchus decorus -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -6
Hydatina physis -1
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Hypselodoris whitei -2
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Jorunna ramicola -4
Jorunna sp. 2 -1
Lomanotus sp. 1 -1
Lomanotus sp. 2 -1
Lomanotus sp. 4 -3
Lomanotus sp. 6 –1 NEW SPECIES
Niparaya sp. 1 -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -2
Pruvotfolia sp. 1 -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -10
Rostanga arbutus -1
Sakuraeolis nungunoides -16
Spinophallus falciphallus -1
Tenellia sibogae -3
Tenellia sp. 30 -1
Tenellia sp. 44 –1
Thordisa tahala -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -7
Unidentia sp. 2 -12
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 5 -12