Thursday, February 7, 2019

Species List: 07-02-2019, Rotunda up river, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

11 species sighted at  Rotunda up river, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 07-02-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary, Gail and Mark of 183 minutes. Maximum depth 5.6 m, 27 C water temperature and 6+ m viz.

After 3 hours of diving we only managed 11 species...it was slim pickings. The highlight of the outing was finding a very small Noumeaella sp. 1.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys semistriatus shell -1
* Cratena lineata -9
Doto sp. 6 -3
Flabellina rubrolineata -4
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Goniobranchus decorus -1
*Hypselodoris obscura -9
Noumeaella sp. 1 -1
Pteraeolidia semperi
Tenellia sp. 33 -1
Tenellia sp. 47 -1

 Entry

Gail and Mark ready to go

Gail shooting

Substrate

Goniobranchus daphne

Noumeaella sp. 1

Noumeaella sp. 1

Substrate

Hypselodoris obscura

Cratena lineata

Tenellia sp. 47

Tenellia sp. 47

Doto sp. 6 

Tenellia sp. 33

Tenellia sp. 33

Pteraeolidia semperi

Flabellina rubrolineata

Atys semistriatus shell

Noumeaella sp. 1