Saturday, January 5, 2019

Species List: 05-01-2019, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

10 species sighted at upriver Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 05-01-2019.

A single shore dive by Gary and Chad on this excursion consisting of 1 x 130 minute dive in water depth up to 5.8 m, 1 m viz, 27C water temp.

After trying to get an offshore dive in without success we decided to give the river a try. It was low tide but we had a meter of vis which was enough to find nudibranchs. A very interesting find from under a rock where there was an ascidian with what looked like 3 small sacogossans (Bob Burn) in it. And a new record for the river, Hallaxa cryptica.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys semistriatus shell -1
* Cratena lineata -21
Doto sp. 6 -8
Flabellina rubrolineata -18
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -10
Hypselodoris obscura -4
Hallaxa cryptica -1 NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Tenellia sp. 52 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -1
Unknown species -3

Hypselodoris obscura 

Unknown species

Unknown species

Atys semistriatus shell

Tenellia sp. 52

Hallaxa cryptica  egg mass

Hallaxa cryptica  NEW RECORD FOR RIVER

Hallaxa cryptica  NEW RECORD FOR RIVER

Unidentia sp. 1

Doto sp. 6

Doto sp. 6

Flabellina rubrolineata

Cratena lineata

Flabellina rubrolineata

Fish Cage

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Hallaxa cryptica  NEW RECORD FOR RIVER

Hallaxa cryptica  NEW RECORD FOR RIVER

Fish Cage