Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Species List: 16-09-2019, Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

25 species sighted at Toilet Block, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 16-09-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Gail of 152 minutes. Maximum depth 6.5 m, 20 C water temperature and up to 12 m viz.

As long as there is no rain or swell the river will have clear water, today was great. A couple of Polycera sp. were found from under a rock, similar but different. A nice sized Dendrodoris denisoni was also recorded with its blue spots intact. Also from under a rock was Discodoris lilacina.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -2
Costasiella sp. 1 -1
Cratena lineata -1
Cratena simba -1
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Discodoris lilacina -1
Doto sp. 6 -4
Eubranchus sp. 16 -1
Favorinus sp. 1 -2
Flabellina lotos -10
Goniobranchus daphne -11
Goniobranchus decorus -1
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -3
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -34
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -2
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -5
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Hypselodoris whitei -2
Polycera sp. 6 -2 NEW SPECIES
Pteraeolidia semperi -26
Tenellia sibogae -4
Unidentia sp. 5 -1

Entry

Ready!

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Tenellia sibogae

Substrate

Doto sp. 6

Searching

Substrate

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Substrate

Cratena simba

Channel marker

Goniobranchus daphne

Pteraeolidia semperi mating

Hypselodoris zephyra

Flabellina lotos

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Discodoris lilacina

Goniobranchus daphne 

Polycera sp. 6  NEW SPECIES

Polycera sp. 6  NEW SPECIES

Costasiella sp. 1

Goniodoridella savignyi

Eubranchus sp. 16

Eubranchus sp. 16

Bulbaeolidia alba 

Tenellia sibogae

Tenellia sibogae

Cratena lineata

Goniobranchus daphne

Gymnodoris sp. 22

Unidentia sp. 5

Hypselodoris whitei

Hypselodoris obscura

Gymnodoris sp. 17

Goniobranchus geometricus

Unknown but cool!

Bulbaeolidia alba

Hypselodoris whitei

Tenellia sibogae

Goniobranchus decorus

Dendrodoris denisoni

Dendrodoris denisoni

Polycera sp. 6  NEW SPECIES

Polycera sp. 6  NEW SPECIES