19 species sighted at Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 01-08-2020.
A single solo night shore entry dive Gary of 220 minutes. Maximum depth 5.2 m, 19 C water temperature up to 5 m viz.
In for a penny in for a pound...up at 2 am diving at 3 am. Not a lot of species but some super surprises! New records for the river... Bulla vernicosa and Pupa solidula shells. Thordisa villosa was another great find. A beautiful Favorinus japonicus was found and was very bright against the substrate. The first Knoutsodonta maugeansis not found from under a rock was discovered today!
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys semistriatus shell -1, live -1
Bulla vernicosa shell -1 NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Cratena lineata -17
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Favorinus japonicus -1
Flabellina lotos -28
Goniodoridella savignyi -13
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -1
Haminoea sp. 19 shell -2
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -1
Liloa brevis shell -4
Pupa solidula shell -1 NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Thordisa villosa -1
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1
* Unidentia sp. 1 -53
Unidentia sp. 2 -8
Unidentia sp. 3 -4
3 am entry
Surface after the dive
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 2
Pupa solidula NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Pupa solidula NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Bulla vernicosa NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Flabellina lotos
Cratena lineata
Goniodoridella savignyi
Unidentia sp. 3
Goniodoridella savignyi
Favorinus japonicus
Favorinus japonicus scale
Favorinus japonicus
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Liloa brevis left Haminoea sp. 19 right
Flabellina lotos
Atys semistriatus
Unidentia sp. 1 and Cratena lineata
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Hypselodoris obscura
Unidentia sp. 3
Thordisa villosa ventral side
Thordisa villosa
Costasiella kuroshimae
Liloa brevis
Hypselodoris obscura
Surface after dive
Atys semistriatus
Tornatina sp. 1
Pupa solidula NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Pupa solidula NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
Bulla vernicosa NEW RECORD FOR RIVER
