Friday, September 7, 2018

Species List: 06-09-2018, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

20 species sighted at, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 06-09-2018.

A single night shore entry dive by Gary and David of 133 minutes. Maximum depth 6.1 m, 21 C water temperature and 10 m viz.

With spring arriving the water has warmed up to 21C and is as "clear as a rocket". The numbers of Flabellina rubrolineata and Cratena lineata are getting lower as well as their food source. Finding Discodoris sp. 7 a brown look-a-like to Discodoris lilacina. The highlight was finding the small Siphopteron makisig! The first animal was found Sept. 17 2015.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Cratena lineata -4
Cratena simba -2
Discodoris sp. 7 -1 NEW SPECIES
Eubranchus sp. 10 -1
Facelina bourailli -1
Facelina sp. 8 -1
Favorinus sp. 1 -2
Flabellina rubrolineata -2
Godiva sp. 2 -1
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniodoridella savignyi -7
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -10
Okenia liklik -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -1
Siphopteron makisig -1
Stylocheilus striatus -1
Tenellia sp. 24 -2
Tenellia sp. 44 -3
Tubulophilinopsis gardineri -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -6

River entry

David stepping out

Substrate

Cratena lineata

David in hunting mode

Goniobranchus daphne

Okenia liklik

Tenellia sp. 24

Cratena simba

Goniodoridella savignyi

Fish Cage and night is coming

Tenellia sp. 44

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 1

Facelina bourailli

Favorinus sp. 1

Eubranchus sp. 10

Flabellina rubrolineata

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Tubulophilinopsis gardineri

Siphopteron makisig

Discodoris sp. 7  NEW SPECIES

Okenia liklik

Favorinus sp. 1

Flabellina rubrolineata

Facelina sp. 8

Tenellia sp. 44

Eubranchus sp. 10

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Godiva sp. 2

Siphopteron makisig

Discodoris sp. 7  NEW SPECIES

Stylocheilus striatus