Saturday, December 15, 2018

Species List: 15-12-2018, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

18 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 15-12-2018.

A single shore dive by Gary, Gail and Courtney on this excursion consisting of 1 x 167 minute dive in water depth up to 5.7 m, 1 m viz, 25 C water temp.

With a bit of a swell happening outside, the river looked to be a better choice. The sediment surely came in. The bottom was silt laden but we managed to find some interesting nudibranchs especially 5 Siphopteron makisig animals and 2 species of Costasiella. To top off the dive our 788th species was found, at 4 mm, Embletonia gracilis was a great find confirmed by Bob Burn plus our 789th species Haminoea sp. 13.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulla sp. ? shell -1
Costasiella sp. 1 -1
Costasiella sp. 2 -1
Cratena lineata -3
Embletonia gracilis -1 NEW SPECIES
Flabellina rubrolineata -1
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -6
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -12
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -2
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -2
Gymnodoris amakusana -5
Haminoea sp. 13 -1  NEW SPECIES
Okenia liklik -3
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Siphopteron makisig -5
Tenellia puellula -1
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1

Entry

About to go

Viz in the beginning

Viz later

Tenellia puellula

Haminoea sp. 13  NEW SPECIES

Goniodoridella sp. 1 mating pair

Goniodoridella savignyi

Flabellina rubrolineata

Goniobranchus daphne

Costasiella sp. 1

Goniodoridella sp. 1

 Goniodoridella sp. 5 

Pteraeolidia semperi

 Goniodoridella sp. 6

Costasiella sp. 2

Embletonia gracilis  NEW SPECIES

Embletonia gracilis  NEW SPECIES

Embletonia gracilis  NEW SPECIES

Embletonia gracilis  NEW SPECIES

Okenia liklik

Okenia liklik 

Siphopteron makisig

Siphopteron makisig

Gymnodoris amakusana

 Cratena lineata

Tornatina sp. 1 shell

Embletonia gracilis  NEW SPECIES