Friday, April 24, 2020

Species List: 23-04-2020, Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

12 species sighted at Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 23-04-2020.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Nick of 185 minutes. Maximum depth 4.9 m, 25 C water temperature and up to 12 m viz.

Clear water makes me jump in the river and see what's there on the bottom. Quite a few Bubble shells and some large Unidentias. And some interesting others!!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys sp. 8 shell -2
Cratena lineata -22
Flabellina lotos -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -37
Goniodoridella sp. 7 -1
Haminoea sp. 19 shell -1
Liloa brevis shell -18
Retusa sp. 5 shell -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -12
Unidentia sp. 2 -2
Unidentia sp. 11 -4

Ready to go

Working it

Goniodoridella sp. 1

The High-rise

Cratena lineata

Atys sp. 8

Unidentia sp. 2

Substrate

Substrate

Substrate

Goniodoridella sp. 7

Unidentia sp. 2

Flabellina lotos

Retusa sp. 5 

Some beauty

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Liloa brevis

Substrate

Goniodoridella savignyi

Eggs on a stick

Substrate

Unidentia sp. 1

Pipe fish

Cratena lineata

Cratena lineata

Substrate

Liloa brevis

Some of the others