Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Species List: La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 16-01-2016

19 species sighted at La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Terry, Vanessa and David on this single shore entry dive of 78 minutes. Maximum depth 6.1 m, 26 C water temperature and 1 m viz.

The viz had dropped considerably since Thursday but it only made us look more closely at the substrate for our elusive quarry.

Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -2
Cratena simba -1
Dermatobranchus cf. primus -1
Dermatobranchus oculus -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -2
Eubranchus sp. 14 -1 New species
Flabellina angelvaldesi  -6
Flabellina rubrolineata -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -4
Gymnodoris alba -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -2
Gymnodoris sp. 13 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -8
Philinopsis orientalis -1 New species
Philinopsis sp. 2 -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
* Pteraeolidia semperi -13
Rostanga australis -1 New species - juvenile
Trinchesia sibogae -1

Cratena simba

Bulbaeolidia alba

Gymnodoris alba

Flabellina angelvaldesi 

Hypselodoris obscura

Rostanga australis - juvenile - New species

Philinopsis orientalis - New species

Eubranchus sp. 14 - New species

Pteraeolidia semperi

Trinchesia sibogae

Gymnodoris sp. 13

Eubranchus sp. 3

Eubranchus sp. 3