Nudibranch Central

Monday, April 24, 2017

Species List: 23-04-2017, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

8 species sighted at La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 23-04-2017

A single shore entry night dive by Gary and Elliot of 150 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 23 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.

Cyclone Debbie has stirred up the river and it shows. Dispite that the aeolids came out to play. Seeing Flabellina angelvaldesi come back is nice, they were small and sometimes in groups.

Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys semistriatus -4
Cratena lineata -6
Doto sp. 3 -1
* Flabellina angelvaldesi -18
Flabellina rubrolineata -5
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Tenellia sibogae -4

Elliot about to descend

Atys semistriatus

Philinopsis falciphallus

Large Tiger Cowrie

Flabellina rubrolineata

Group of Flabellina angelvaldesi on food source

Flabellina angelvaldesi

Flabellina rubrolineata

Cratena lineata

Goniobranchus daphne

Flabellina angelvaldesi

Group of Tenellia sibogae on food source

Tenellia sibogae

Flabellina rubrolineata

Cratena lineata

Flabellina rubrolineata

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Species List: 19-04-2017, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

2 species sighted at La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 19-04-2017

A single shore entry solo dive by Gary of 62 minutes. Maximum depth 5.5 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 1 m viz.

After reports for 3 m plus I went in only to find no tidal flow and 1 m or less of viz. the Flabillinas were out and looking good.

Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

* Flabellina rubrolineata -9

Pteraeolidia semperi -1

The surface conditions

The substrate

Flabellina rubrolineata

2 Flabellina rubrolineata

Pteraeolidia semperi

Flabellina rubrolineata

5 Flabellina rubrolineata

The marker - a blur!

Monday, April 17, 2017

Species List: 16-04-2017, Wobby Rock, Gneering Shoals, off Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

6 species sighted at Wobby Rock, Gneering Shoals, off Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 16-04-2017.

Julie, Terry, Gary and David on this excursion consisting of a single 60 minute dive in water depths from 14 m to 18 m. 6 m viz, 24 C water temp and considerable surge.

Slim pickins in this report due to the powerful surge. As if the surge wasn't bad enough the anchor exploded out of the substrate and took off with two of us just managing to catch the chain and being taken on a ride as we ascended. Luckily The other buddy pair were already on the line. Conditions were a little more extreme than the forecasts and predictions led us to believe. We decided against a second dive.

Number of each species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Aegires gardneri -1
* Chromodoris elisabethina -3
Cratena lineata -1
Doriprismatica atromarginata -1
Hypselodoris whitei -2
Phyllidiella pustulosa -1

The dive platform

Heading down the river

Substrate

Aegires gardneri

Doriprismatica atromarginata

Chromodoris elisabethina

Hypselodoris whitei

Phyllidiella pustulosa

Cratena lineata

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Species List: 15-04-2017, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

8 species sighted at La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 15-04-2017.

A single shore entry dive by Julie, Terry and David of 133 minutes. Maximum depth 6.4 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 4 m viz.

Very little to report from this dive. Just the usual suspects apart from a couple of small Dendrodoris fumata. The river is definitely affected by the fresh run off from the remnants of Cyclone Debbie.

Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count.

Dendrodoris fumata -2
Flabellina angelvaldesi - 1
Flabellina rubrolineata -8
Goniobranchus daphne -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -5
Hypselodoris obscura -4
* Pteraeolidia semperi -44
Tenellia sibogae -9