18 species sighted at Bubble Wall and Toilet Block, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 07-05-2026.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 206 minutes, 1.1 m, maximum depth 5.8 m, 23 C water temperature, up to 5 m viz.
The tidal flow was 1.1 m so Bubble Wall here I come. On a sad note there were hundreds of Cratena pawarshindeorum crawling out in the open in search of food, all the hydroids are gone. Yet hundreds remain on the dead hydroids. With the hydroids gone so have Coryphellina lotos and Coryphellina pseudolotos numbers dropped. Murphydoris adusta was a pleasant surprise and so was a single Cratena lineata.
Species and numbers recorded:
Coryphellina lotos -2
Coryphellina pseudolotos -2
Cratena lineata - 1
Cratena pawarshindeorum - 150+
Goniobranchus daphne -5
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -2
Gymnodoris sp. 21 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 25 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 26 -1
Murphydoris adusta -1
Murphydoris cobbi -26
Tenellia sp. 47 -2
Tenellia sp. 70 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -23
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 3 -2
Unidentia sp. 14 -2
Entry
Clarity
Substrate upon descent
Gymnodoris sp. 21
Murphydoris cobbi
Float
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Substrate
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Flatworm
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Unidentia sp. 1
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 1
Tenellia sp. 47
Bubble Wall
Coryphellina lotos
Coryphellina lotos x2
Substrate
Cowrie
Flatwworm
Cratena pawarshindeorum anus
Cratena lineata
Flatworm
Goniobranchus daphne
Bubble Wall
Goniobranchus daphne
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Substrate
Goniodoridella savignyi
Whodat?
Tenellia sp. 70
Unidentia sp. 1
Whatthe...
Cratena pawarshindeorum
Munching flatworm
Murphydoris adusta
Murphydoris cobbi party
Unidentia sp. 2 with lines on the oral tenacles
Gymnodoris sp. 26 with red tipped gills
Unidentia sp. 3
Tenellia sp. 47
Unidentia sp. 14
Murphydoris cobbi x2
Coryphellina pseudolotos
Unidentia sp. 3
Unidentia sp. 14
Gymnodoris sp. 25
