32 species sighted at Fish Cage upriver plus, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 29-07-2020.
A single shore entry dive split in two by Gary, Tracey and Harvey of 200 minutes. Maximum depth 5.9 m, 20 C water temperature up to 8 m viz.
Magic day when we arrived sunny, smooth water, light winds... the viz was great until about 75 minutes into the dive, after hearing a strange kind of boat motor noise we were engulfed by a dark thick mass off shit that steak-rolled us. We all made out way to the surface and were gob-smacked. We finned on the surface to the stairs and looked down only to see the water was clear again...so off we went. Some very nice finds from under rocks today!
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Cratena lineata -13
Eubranchus sp. 3 -2
Facelina bourailli -1
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Flabellina lotos -30
Flabellina sp. 9 -2
Goniobranchus decorus -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -51
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -3
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 19 -1
Haminoea sp. 17 shell -1
Haminoea sp. 19 shell -1
Hypselodoris obscura -4
Liloa brevis shell -2
Niparaya sp. 14 -1
Philinopsis speciosa -2
Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile -2
Pleurobranchus weberi juvenile -1
Pruvotfolia sp. 1 -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -1
Retusa sp. 6 shell -2
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -2
Tenellia sibogae -2
Tenellia sp. 24 -2
Tenellia sp. 44 -1
Tenellia sp. 66 -1
* Unidentia sp. 1 -52
Unidentia sp. 2 -14
Unidentia sp. 3 -2
Unidentia sp. 14 -1
Beautiful entry
The drift
Substrate
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 1
Goniodoridella savignyi
Retusa sp. 6
Searching
Cratena lineata and Flabellina lotos
Flabellina lotos x2
Flabellina sp. 9
Unidentia sp. 3
Unidentia sp. 3 and Unidentia sp. 1 x2
Liloa brevis
Facelina sp. 11
Retusa amphizosta
Philinopsis speciosa
Gymnodoris sp. 19
Unidentia sp. 14
Roxaniella leucampyx
Haminoea sp. 17
Retusa sp. 6
Roxaniella leucampyx
You looking at me?
Niparaya sp. 14
A what??
Cratena lineata
Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile
Tenellia sp. 66
Goniodoridella savignyi
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Flabellina sp. 9
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Pleurobranchus weberi juvenile
Cratena lineata
Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile
Unidentia sp. 2
Goniodoridella savignyi
Flabellina lotos
Unidentia sp. 2 x2
Philinopsis speciosa
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Tenellia sp. 44
Haminoea sp. 19
Pruvotfolia sp. 1
Tenellia sibogae
Eubranchus sp. 3
Costasiella kuroshimae
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniobranchus decorus
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Facelina bourailli
Tenellia sp. 24