Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Species List: 22-04-2019, Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

15 species sighted at Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 22-04-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary of 133 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 24 C water temperature and up to 3 m viz.

More rain did not damper our urge to dive. The water looked very nice and the tidal movement was low. Goniodoridella sp. 1 and Pteraeolidia semperi yet again proved very common. Finding two species of Costasiella sp. was a treat. Dermetobranchus sp. 12 a new species was another great find with it's orange oral veil, pink margin and blue sub-marginal botches and no noticable ridges.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -2
Costasiella sp. 1 -1
Costasiella sp. 2 -1
Cratena simba -1
Dermetobranchus sp. 12 -1 NEW SPECIES
Facelina bourailli -1
Flabellina lotos -4
Goniobranchus daphne -8
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -39
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -24
Pteraeolidia semperi -32
Tenellia sibogae -2
Verconia simplex -1

Morning entry

Ready to go

Goniodoridella sp. 6

Substrate

Hypselodoris obscura

Pteraeolidia semperi

Goniobranchus daphne

Hypselodoris obscura feeding

Flabellina lotos

Cratena simba

Goniodoridella savignyi

Flabellina lotos

Tenellia sibogae

Goniobranchus daphne

Bulbaeolidia alba 

Goniobranchus daphne

Hypselodoris obscura

Tenellia sibogae

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Bulbaeolidia alba

Costasiella sp. 2

Costasiella sp. 2

Dermetobranchus sp. 12  NEW SPECIES

Dermetobranchus sp. 12  NEW SPECIES

Dermetobranchus sp. 12  NEW SPECIES

Costasiella sp. 1

Verconia simplex

Goniodoridella sp. 1 mating pair

Facelina bourailli