Sunday, August 5, 2018

Species List: 04-08-2018, HMAS Brisbane Wreck 2 dives - Fish Cage, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River 1 dive, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

27 species sighted at HMAS Brisbane Wreck 2 dives - Fish Cage, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River 1 dive, Sunshine Coast, Qld,
04-08-2018.

Gary, Trudie and Phillip on this excursion consisting of 1 x 59 minute, 1 x 54 minute and 1 x 87 minute dives in water depths to 20.3 m. up to 15 m viz, 20 C water temp.

The gang come up from NSW to dive the wreck and I was invited along. We did 2 dives on the wreck and one in the Mooloolah River. The water was cool and clean with some interesting species found. It was grea to find 3 Placida kevinleei in the river.

Number of each species sighted: 1st dive/2nd dive/3rd dive
* Species with highest specimen count

Aegires flores 1/-/-
Bulbaeolidia alba -/-/4
Cratena lineata -/-/48
Cratena simba 3/-/-
Doto sp. 5 -/-/1
Facelina sp. 11 -/-/3
Favorinus sp. 1 1/-/1
* Flabellina rubrolineata 1/-/52
Goniobranchus daphne -/-/1
Goniodoridella savignyi -/-/3
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -/-/4
Gymnodoris sp. 10 1/-/1
Hypselodoris obscura 2/-/-
Placida kevinleei -/-/3
Pleurobranchus peronii 1/-/-
Rostanga sp. 2 1-/-/
Tambja amakusana 1/-/-
Tambja tenuilineata 2/2/-
Thorunna daniellae 1/1/-
Thorunna florens -/1/-
Tenellia melanobrachia 1/-/-
Tenellia sp. 23 -/-/1
Tenellia sp. 24 -/-/6
Thuridilla carlsoni -/-/2
Tyrannodoris luteolineata -/1/-
Unidentia sp. 6 -/-/6
Verconia norba 2/-/-

HMAS Brisbane

Thorunna daniellae

Trudie searching

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Cratena simba

Flabellina rubrolineata

Favorinus sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile

Aegires flores

Rostanga sp. 2

Tambja amakusana

Tenellia melanobrachia

Tambja tenuilineata

Thorunna daniellae

Tambja tenuilineata

Tyrannodoris luteolineata

Thorunna florens

Bulbaeolidia alba

Flabellina rubrolineata

Gymnodoris sp. 10 

Flabellina rubrolineata

Unidentia sp. 6

Trudie seaching the Fish Cage

Flabellina rubrolineata

Substrate

Facelina sp. 11

Placida kevinleei

Placida kevinleei

Thuridilla carlsoni 

Tenellia sp. 23

Favorinus sp. 1

Thuridilla carlsoni 

Cratena lineata

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Tenellia sp. 24

Doto sp. 5 

Goniodoridella savignyi

Unidentia sp. 6 

Goniobranchus daphne