Saturday, January 20, 2018

Species List: 20-01-2018, Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

6 species sighted at Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 20-01-2018.

A single evening shore entry dive by Gary and Gail of 115 minutes. Maximum depth 5.9 m, 26 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.

The surface looked great. The bottom was Ok for searching with a pretty strong current. The numbers of species and animals was very low. Finding Goniobranchus geometricus was quite a treat.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

* Cratena lineata -12
Flabellina rubrolineata -3
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -4
Hypselodoris obscura -5

Entry point

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Substrate

A pair of Cratena lineata

Hypselodoris obscura

Cratena lineata

Cratena lineata

Flabellina rubrolineata

Hypselodoris obscura

The channel marker and viz

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Cratena lineata

Goniobranchus geometricus

Flabellina rubrolineata

Goniobranchus sp. 6

Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniobranchus sp. 6