Saturday, April 6, 2019

Species List: 06-04-2019, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

8 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 06-04-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary, Jenny and Sheryl of 115 minutes. Maximum depth 5.9 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 3 m viz.

After a few days of rain the river was thought to be a brown mess. After looking at the river during yesterdays low tide it was decided that the water was pretty good in spite of it all. With the coming of autumn the water temp had dropped to 24C. The species count was low but Goniodoridella sp. 1 was out in force again. Ahh but again....the highlight was locating a single Phyllodesmium undulatum, a real jewel! The other 3 animals were not to be found.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Cratena lineata -1
Flabellina lotos -4
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -41
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -5
Phyllodesmium undulatum -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Thuridilla carlsoni juvenile -1

Entry

Commandos ready

Substrate

Goniodoridella sp. 6 

Goniodoridella sp. 6

Fish Cage

Flabellina lotos

Shooting Fish Cage

 Goniodoridella sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Cratena lineata

Substrate

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Thuridilla carlsoni juvenile

Flabellina lotos

Phyllodesmium undulatum

Phyllodesmium undulatum

Goniodoridella sp. 1 mating pair