38 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 07-11-2020.
A single solo shore entry dive Gary of 300 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 24 C water temperature, 6-8 m viz.
Get in while the going is hot! And so I did. After turning over a rock and recording the second Trapania japonicus I jumped for joy! This animal looked like it had been hit by a fish. Limacia ornata is always a treat to find and these two were quite large. Sakuraeolis nungunoides was a surprise during day nicely tucked into the hydroid that Myja sp. lives and eats. I saw egg masses but no animals.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Bulbaeolidia alba -4
Costasiella kuroshimae -2
Costasiella sp. 2 -1
Cratena lineata -6
Elysia sp. 3 -1
Elysia sp. 32 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -5
Facelina sp. 3 -1
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Flabellina lotos -14
Goniobranchus daphne -2
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
* Goniodoridella savignyi -48
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -7
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -
Goniodoridella sp. 7 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 12 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 13 -3
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Kabeiro christianae -many babies
Liloa brevis shell -1
Limacia ornata -2
Myja sp. 1 -many babies
Niparaya sp. 4 -2
Placida kevinleei -2
Polycera sp. 1 -4
Retusa amphizosta shell-1
Retusa sp. 6 shell -1
Sakuraeolis nungunoides -2
Tenellia puellula -2
Tenellia sibogae -8
Tenellia sp. 23 -3
Tenellia sp. 47 -1
Tenellia sp. 66 -4
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Trapania japonica -1 SECOND ANIMAL RECORDED
Unidentia sp. 1 -16
Unidentia sp. 3 -16
Entry
Drift
Substrate
Fish Cage
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae
Gymnodoris sp. 13
Unidentia sp. 3
Retusa sp. 6
Limacia ornata
Eubranchus sp. 10
Bulbaeolidia alba
Elysia sp. 32
Facelina sp. 11
Costasiella sp. 2
Goniodoridella savignyi
Retusa amphizosta
Cratena lineata
Flabellina lotos
Costasiella kuroshimae
Tenellia sp. 66
Trapania japonica SECOND ANIMAL RECORDED
Trapania japonica SECOND ANIMAL RECORDED
Trapania japonica SECOND ANIMAL RECORDED
Trapania japonica SECOND ANIMAL RECORDED
Hypselodoris obscura
Polycera sp. 1
Polycera sp. 1
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Bulbaeolidia alba
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Elysia sp. 32
Unidentia sp. 1
Placida kevinleei
Gymnodoris sp. 13
Gymnodoris sp. 13
Eubranchus sp. 10
Costasiella kuroshimae
Flabellina lotos
Flabellina lotos
Flatworm
Limacia ornata
Facelina sp. 3
Tenellia sp. 47
Seal Rock
Sakuraeolis nungunoides
Sakuraeolis nungunoides
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniodoridella sp. 12
Placida kevinleei
Tenellia sp. 23
Tenellia puellula
Substrate
Tenellia sibogae
Goniobranchus daphne
