Species List: 15-10-2019, Fish Cage upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

40 species sighted at Fish Cage upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 15-10-2019.

A NEW RECORD for recorded species in the river.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Brenton of 176 minutes. Maximum depth 5.9 m, 22 C water temperature and up to 7 m viz.

We decided to drift up river to the first bench and descended. It appeared that there were nudibranchs everywhere. On this dive we broke the record for recorded species in the river at 40 (as far as I know). Another new species was recorded, similar but different. Doto sp. 6 were in large colonies at the base of their hydroid food source. Goniodoridella savignyi  were the most common today. And of course seeing 2 Phyllodesmium undulatum was a great sight and finding another Colpodaspis sp. 1 was also great to see

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Austrocylichna leucampyx shell -1
Bulbaeolidia alba -2
Colpodaspis sp. 1 -1
Cratena lineata -13
Cratena simba -1
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Doto sp. 6 -26
Elysia sp. 11 -2
Elysia sp. 18 -2
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -2
Facelina bourailli -1
Facelina sp. 3 -1
Favorinus sp. 1 -1
Favorinus sp. 4 -1 NEW SPECIES
Flabellina lotos -3
Godiva sp. 3 -2
Goniobranchus albonares -1
Goniobranchus collingwoodi -1
Goniobranchus daphne -8
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
* Goniodoridella savignyi -44
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -23
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -5
Hypselodoris obscura -7
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Phyllodesmium undulatum -2
Polycera sp. 1 -2
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -8
Tenellia puellula -1
Tenellia sp. 17 -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -2
Tenellia sp. 24 -3
Tenellia sp. 49 -1
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 5 -3
Unidentia sp. 8 -1

Entry

Substrate

Gymnodoris sp. 22

Philinopsis speciosa

Tenellia sp. 49

Doto sp. 6

Doto sp. 6

Eubranchus sp. 10

Elysia sp. 18

Polycera sp. 1

Goniobranchus daphne

Tenellia sp. 24

Facelina sp. 3

Tenellia sp. 23

Goniodoridella savignyi

Polycera sp. 1

Tenellia puellula

Facelina sp. 3

Phyllodesmium undulatum

Hypselodoris obscura

Unidentia sp. 2

Austrocylichna leucampyx shell

Eubranchus sp. 3

Favorinus sp. 4  NEW SPECIES

Goniobranchus collingwoodi

Pteraeolidia semperi

Cratena lineata

Flabellina lotos

Substrate

Favorinus sp. 1

Doto sp. 6

Thuridilla carlsoni

Godiva sp. 3

Goniobranchus albonares

Dendrodoris denisoni

Elysia sp. 11

Goniodoridella sp. 5

Bulbaeolidia alba

Colpodaspis sp. 1

Facelina bourailli