Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Species List: 18-09-2019, Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

23 species sighted at Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 18-09-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Steve of 172 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 20 C water temperature and up to 8 m viz.

This time Steve and I dived Rotunda. The vis was great and the tidal flow was minimal. Locating a small Niparaya sp. 4 was a good find, getting a photo was great. Oddly only one Pteraeolidia semperi was found. If you want beauty, then finding Goniobranchus aureopurpureus and Dendrodoris denisoni were there to impress! Doto sp. 6 were found in groups mixed into the hydroid stalks and egg masses. This was the second dive this spring where the water temp was 21C.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Cratena lineata -15
Cratena simba -2
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Doto sp. 6 -13
Eubranchus sp. 10 -1
Facelina bourailli -2
Facelina sp. 12 -
Flabellina lotos -5
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -4
Goniodoridella savignyi -11
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -32
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -6
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Niparaya sp. 4 -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -2
Tenellia sp. 29 -3
Thuridilla carlsoni -4
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 6 -1
Verconia simplex -1

Entry

Steve ready

Substrate

Gymnodoris sp. 17

Unidentia sp. 6

Goniodoridella savignyi

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Tenellia sp. 23 

Unidentia sp. 6 

Niparaya sp. 4

Niparaya sp. 4

Goniobranchus daphne

Thuridilla carlsoni 

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Cratena lineata

Doto sp. 6

Goniobranchus daphne

Goniodoridella savignyi 

Thuridilla carlsoni

Tenellia sp. 29

Doto sp. 6

Doto sp. 6

Looking up at the channel marker

Doto sp. 6

Flabellina lotos

Goniobranchus daphne

Facelina bourailli

Pteraeolidia semperi

Goniobranchus aureopurpureus

Substrate

Tenellia sp. 23

Cratena simba