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