Thursday, March 7, 2019

Species List: 07-03-2019, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

13 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 07-03-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Gail of 181 minutes. Maximum depth 6.6 m, 26 C water temperature and up to 8 m viz.

Another great summer day and revisit to Fish Cage. The water was very clean and with the tidal flow a lot of the silt was swept away. The usual species in the first half of the dive and not a large number to be found. Near the end of the dive on the west side of the stair while searching the sand, with no current, Philinopsis speciosa was found as well as our 802nd species - Cerberilla sp. 3 at 5 mm it moved along the sand very quickly. And soon there will be no name Flabellina rubrolineata...

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Cerberilla sp. 3 -1 NEW SPECIES/NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Cratena lineata -1
Doto sp. 6 -2
Elysia sp. 11 -1
* Flabellina rubrolineata -6
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -2
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -1
* Hypselodoris obscura -6
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -2
Retusa sp. 5 shell -1
Tenellia sibogae -1

Entry

Substrate and pretty good water

 Fish Cage

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Cratena lineata

Goniobranchus daphne

Elysia sp. 11

Substrate and pretty good water

Goniodoridella sp. 6

Tenellia sibogae

Philinopsis speciosa

Philinopsis speciosa

Cerberilla sp. 3  NEW SPECIES

Cerberilla sp. 3  NEW SPECIES

Doto sp. 6

Hypselodoris obscura

Retusa sp. 5 shell

Substrate and pretty good water

Searching...

Pteraeolidia semperi

Flabellina rubrolineata

Flabellina rubrolineata

Flabellina rubrolineata