Saturday, November 3, 2018

Species List: 02-11-2018, Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

13 species sighted at, Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 02-11-2018.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Courtney of 101 minutes. Maximum depth 5.5 m, 25 C water temperature and 3 m viz.

Another river dive with water that is warming up! 25C was seen the whole time. Cratena lineata and Flabellina rubrolineata were seen everywhere. Of interest was finding Eubranchus sp. 3, Niparaya sp. 4 and Tenellia puellula.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Cratena lineata -25
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
* Flabellina rubrolineata -32
Goniobranchus daphne -8
Goniodoridella savignyi -12
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -5
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Niparaya sp. 4 -1
Tenellia puellula -1
Tenellia sp. 52 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -4
Unidentia sp. 2 -8

Entry point

Ready to go.

Unidentia sp. 1

Substrate

Cratena lineata

Flabellina rubrolineata

Goniodoridella savignyi

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Niparaya sp. 4

Flabellina rubrolineata

Substrate

Hypselodoris obscura

Tenellia sp. 52

A slime of Cratena lineata

Unidentia sp. 2

Flabellina rubrolineata

Goniodoridella savignyi trio

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Unidentia sp. 1

Goniodoridella savignyi

Tenellia puellula

Tenellia puellula

Goniobranchus daphne

Eubranchus sp. 3