Nudibranch Central

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Species List: 20-08-2019, Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

27 species sighted at Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 20-08-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Sheryl of 154 minutes. Maximum depth 6.5 m, 19 C water temperature and up to 12 m viz.

Winter diving is always great and clear today was another let's go diving day! Another new species that looks like Hallaxa. A hand-sized Sebadoris fragilis was found under a rock. Nice to see the colourful Pleurobranchus peronii also from under rocks. Phyllodesmium poindimiei was popular and bold found from under a rock as well. Some Pteraeolidia semperi were as long as my hand. This site is very popular with the species Pteraeolidia semperi and Goniodoidella sp. 1.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Costasiella sp. 1 -2
Cratena lineata -1
Cratena simba -1
Doto sp. 6 -3
Eubranchus sp. 10 -3
Facelina bourailli -1
Favorinus sp. 1 -3
Flabellina lotos -14
Flabellina sp. 4 -2
Goniobranchus daphne -4
Goniobranchus decorus -1
Goniobranchus splendidus juvenile -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -14
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -26
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -3
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -2
Hallaxa sp. 1 -1 NEW SPECIES
Hypselodoris obscura -12
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Phyllodesmium poindimiei -1
Pleurobranchus peronii -3
* Pteraeolidia semperi -31
Sebadoris fragilis -1
Tenellia sibogae -1
Tenellia sp. 29 -1
Tenellia sp. 44 -1
Unidentia sp. 6 -1

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Pteraeolidia semperi

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Hypselodoris zephyra

Favorinus sp. 1

Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile

Substrate

Channel marker

Goniodoridella savignyi

Gymnodoris sp. 17

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Tenellia sp. 44

Doto sp. 6

Goniobranchus daphne

Cratena simba

Hallaxa sp. 1 NEW SPECIES

Hand-sized Sebadoris fragilis

Hypselodoris obscura

Pleurobranchus peronii

Cratena lineata photo bombing Flabellina sp. 4

Pteraeolidia semperi mating

Phyllodesmium poindimiei

Costasiella sp. 1

Flabellina sp. 4 ?

Flabellina lotos

Eubranchus sp. 10

Hypselodoris obscura

Goniodoridella savignyi

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniobranchus decorus

Substrate

Unidentia sp. 6

Facelina bourailli

Tenellia sp. 29

Flabellina lotos

Tenellia sibogae

Pleurobranchus peronii

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Goniobranchus daphne

Goniobranchus splendidus juvenile

Flatworm

Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile

Friday, August 16, 2019

Species List: 16-08-2019, Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

25 species sighted at Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 16-08-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Chris of 144 minutes. Maximum depth 6.7 m, 19 C water temperature and 12 m viz.

Another beautiful winters morning...let's go diving! This one surely didn't disappoint. Finding, what is considered a temperate species, Flabellina poenicia in the river in Queensland still has me surprised. At 13 mm with it's characteristic purple cheek patches this looks like a new record for Queensland and our 818th species. A yellow colour-form of Discodoris cebuensis was found from under a rock. Flabellina sp. 4, which hasn't been seen in a while, was also recorded. Another great find was right after we descended, a 2 mm Elysia coodgeensis and Philinopsis speciosa.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Cratena lineata -13
Cratena simba -2
Discodoris cebuensis -1
Doto sp. 6 -9
Elysia coodgeensis -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -5
Facelina sp. 8 -1
Favorinus sp. 1 -3
Flabellina lotos -17
Flabellina poenicia -1 NEW SPECIES, NEW RECORD QUEENSLAND?
Flabellina sp. 4 -1
Goniobranchus daphne -2
Goniodoridella savignyi -6
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -33
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -9
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
* Pteraeolidia semperi -33
Tenellia sibogae -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -3
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 8 -1