Monday, March 20, 2017

Species List: 17-03-2017, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

8 species sighted at La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 17-03-2017.

Gary solo on this single shore entry dive, of 181 minutes. Maximum depth 6.5 m, 27 C water temperature and up to 6 m viz.

Dispite the rain and weather there was very little current on this dive and the water pretty clean. It was quite nice running into the large and numerous Flabellina rubrolineata. These animals were up to 60 mm

Number of species sighted
* Species with highest specimen count.

Cratena lineata -1
* Flabellina rubrolineata -29
Goniobranchus daphne -4
Goniobranchus splendidus -1
Goniobranchus verrieri -2
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -7
Hypselodoris obscura -7
Pteraeolidia semperi -2

Entry point and surface conditions

Flabellina rubrolineata

Substrate and locals

Flabellina rubrolineata

The marker

Goniobranchus verrieri

Goniobranchus daphne

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Goniobranchus daphne

Hypselodoris obscura mating pair

Flabellina rubrolineata

Flabellina rubrolineata

Flabellina rubrolineata

Pteraeolidia semperi


Flabellina rubrolineata a pair with egg masses

Flabellina rubrolineata head shot

Flabellina rubrolineata

Flabellina rubrolineata egg mass

Hypselodoris obscura

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