24 species sighted at Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 02-09-2020.
A single shore entry dive Gary and Sheryl of 170 minutes. Maximum depth 5.2 m, 21 C water temperature, 10+ m viz.
More mid-week diving now that's even better! Again when I arrived at the river and had a look I was happy the water looked so clean. On the bottom - more WOW! Summer is coming today was the first time I have seen 21C water temp since before winter. Recording Okenia liklik was pure joy!....finally they have come back. Plus another new species. Elysia sp. 32. Not the best photos because the animal was crawling in and out os growth I shot and collected to shoot at home, guess what - it wasn't in the bottle. One Philinopsis speciosa was an inch long, quite big.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Bulbaeolidia alba -3
Cratena lineata -6
Elysia sp. 32 -1 NEW SPECIES
Facelina sp. 3 -1
Facelina sp. 11 -1
Flabellina lotos -6
Goniodoridella savignyi -9
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -27
Goniodoridella sp. 7 -2
Goniodoridella sp. 8 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 9 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -11
Liloa brevis shell -2
Niparaya sp. 4 -2
Okenia liklik -1
Philinopsis speciosa -4
Retusa amphizosta shell -1
Retusa sp. 1 shell -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -6
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -22
Unidentia sp. 2 -8
Unidentia sp. 3 -12
Unidentia sp. 5 -1
Early morning entry
Staging platform clarity
Ready
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Poser!
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 3
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Retusa sp. 1
Tenellia sp. 23
Hypselodoris obscura mating pair
Tornatina sp. 1
Okenia liklik
Cratena lineata
Flabellina lotos
Philinopsis speciosa
Shoot!
Unidentia sp. 5
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 1
Goniodoridella sp. 8
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Tenellia sp. 23
Niparaya sp. 4
Facelina sp. 3
Bulbaeolidia alba
Philinopsis speciosa
Liloa brevis
Tenellia sp. 23 pair
Goniodoridella savignyi
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Elysia sp. 32 NEW SPECIES
Elysia sp. 32 NEW SPECIES
Elysia sp. 32 NEW SPECIES
Elysia sp. 32 NEW SPECIES
Elysia sp. 32 NEW SPECIES
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniodoridella savignyi
Tenellia sp. 23
