Nudibranch Central: Species List: 21-10-2019, Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Species List: 21-10-2019, Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

37 species sighted at Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 21-10-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Gail of 187 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 23 C water temperature and up to 8 m viz.

Another mid-day dive did not dissappoint. We drifted up to the Causurina tree and descended. The highlight for me was finding four Colpodaspis sp. 2 and two new species. One was a Ercolania sp. 2 and the other which disappeared into the sand pretty quickly looked like Philinopsis sp. 2. Goniodoridella savignyi are just about on every rock. A mating pair of large "can't miss that one" Goniobranchus aureopurpureus.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Aliculastrum cylindricum shell -2
Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Colinatys sp. 1 -1
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -4
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Costasiella sp. 1 -1
Cratena lineata -17
Cratena simba -1
Doto sp. 6 -11
Elysia sp. 12 -1
Elysia sp. 19 -1
Ercolania sp. 2 -1 NEW SPEICES
Eubranchus sp. 10 -1
Facelina bourailli -2
Favorinus sp. 4 -2
Flabellina lotos -12
Flabellina sp. 8 -1
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -2
Goniobranchus daphne -6
Goniobranchus decorus -1
* Goniodoridella savignyi -47
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -22
Gymnodoris amakusana -1
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -32
Hypselodoris obscura -18
Philinopsis sp. 2 -1 NEW SPECIES
Philinopsis speciosa -2
Phyllodesmium poindimiei -1
Plocamopherus pecoso -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -2
Tenellia sp. 29 -2
Thuridilla carlsoni -8
Unidentia sp. 2 -3
Unidentia sp. 4 -3
Unidentia sp. 8 -2
Verconia simplex -1