Friday, September 4, 2020

Species List: 03-09-2020, Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

 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