Saturday, May 4, 2019

Species List: 04-05-2019, Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

13 species sighted at Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 04-05-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary, Gail and Dimitti of 135 minutes. Maximum depth 6.5 m, 23 C water temperature and up to 3 m viz. The usual suspects and a new species of Polycera to add to our collection. Goniodoridella sp. 1 and Pteraeolidia semperi were again the most common species.

Let's go dive the river! We did. A little rain did not damper our desire to get wet.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Cratena simba -2
Flabellina lotos -6
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
Goniobranchus splendidus -1
Goniodoridella savigny -2
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -71
Hypselodoris obscura -20
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Polycera sp. 5 -1 NEW SPECIES
Pteraeolidia semperi -43
Tenellia sibogae -8

Early morning entry

Gang ready to dive

2 pair of Goniodoridella sp. 1

Tenellia sibogae

Tenellia sibogae

Substrate

Substrate

Gail working it!

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Pteraeolidia semperi

Pteraeolidia semperi

Hypselodoris obscura

Hypselodoris obscura and Pteraeolidia semperi

Goniobranchus daphne

Pteraeolidia semperi being sucked into a tube worm

Pteraeolidia semperi

Flabellina lotos

Goniobranchus splendidus

Substrate

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniodoridella savigny

Pteraeolidia semperi

Hypselodoris zephyra 

Cratena simba

Polycera sp. 5  NEW SPECIES

Polycera sp. 5  NEW SPECIES

Polycera sp. 5  NEW SPECIES

Goniodoridella savigny

Bulbaeolidia alba

Ovulid

Flabellina lotos

Tenellia sibogae