21 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 16-08-2023.
A single shore entry dive with Gary of 181 minutes. Maximum depth 5.5 m, 20 C water temperature, up to 15 m viz.
With a holiday today and winter clear water another dive was in order and boy was it clear! A 190 mm Dendrodoris denisoni was found as well as 2 Bursatella leachii. Slime trails gave them away.
Species and numbers sighted:
Bursatella leachii -2
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -1
Dendrodoris denisoni -4
Doto sp. 4 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -4
Flabellina lotos -2
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -26
Hypselodoris obscura -1
Idaliadoris maugeansis -many young
Liola brevis shell -1
Lomanotus vermiformis -1
Murphydoris cobbi -100+
Murphydoris puncticulata -3
Tenellia sibogae (yellow) -14
Tenellia sp. 70 -6
Tenellia sp. 23 -2
Tenellia sp. 24 -4
Tenellia sp. 44 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -15
Unidentia sp. 8 -1
Early entry
Clarity
Surface
Tenellia sp. 24
Tenellia sp. 24
Goniodoridella savignyi
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1 and Murphydoris cobbi
Murphydoris cobbi
Substrate
Tenellia sibogae
Flatworm
Substrate
Eubranchus sp. 10
Eubranchus sp. 10
Eubranchus sp. 10
Substrate
Tenellia sibogae
Yum
Tenellia sibogae x3
Unidentia sp. 8
Lomanotus vermiformis
Tenellia sp. 44
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 23 x2
The Pipe
Fish Cage
Goniodoridella savignyi
Hypselodoris obscura
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Substrate
Idaliadoris maugeansis many young
Murphydoris puncticulata
Bursatella leachii
Bursatella leachii spawn
Bursatella leachii
Dendrodoris denisoni
Flabellina lotos
Dendrodoris denisoni
Tenellia sp. 70
Dendrodoris denisoni
Tenellia sp. 70
Tenellia sibogae
Dendrodoris denisoni
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Unidentia sp. 1
Doto sp. 4 and spawn
Looking up!
Murphydoris puncticulata
Flabellina lotos
