Nudibranch Central: Species List: 12-09-2019, Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Friday, September 13, 2019

Species List: 12-09-2019, Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

28 species sighted at Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 12-09-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary, David and Brenton of 150 minutes. Maximum depth 6.7 m, 19 C water temperature and up to 8 m viz.

The water clarity still looks great from the shore and off we went. 10 species were recorded before we turned into the channel, and I thought this is going to be good!Right after descending a small Elysia coodgeensis was spotted. Two Polycera sp. 1 were found under a rock on a bryozoan. Ceratosoma tenue is still in the area ('One-horn' as it is affectionately called with it's single rhinophore). Three species were also found that don't match anything we have and so 3 new species are recorded. It was nice to turn over another rock only to find a large orange Pleurobranchus peronii. It was great but upsetting to find two Gymnodoris species eating Aeolid nudibranchs, one of which is a new species...bum!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Ceratosoma tenue -1
Costasiella sp. 1 -1
Cratena lineata -7
Doto sp. 6 -3
Elysia coodgeensis -1
Eubranchus sp. 16 -2 NEW SPECIES
Facelina bourailli -2
Favorinus sp. 1 -2
Flabellina lotos -6
Goniobranchus daphne -5
Goniobranchus decorus -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -2
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -25
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -2
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -6
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Niparaya sp. 7 -1
Pleurobranchus peronii -1
Polycera sp. 1 -2
Pteraeolidia semperi -18
Tenellia sibogae -3
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Tenellia sp. 56 -1 NEW SPECIES
Tenellia sp. 57 -1 NEW SPECIES
Unidentia sp. 1 -1