37 species sighted at Fish Cage upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 06-11-2020.
A single solo shore entry dive Gary of 301 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 24 C water temperature, 8+ m viz.
End of the week diving appealed to me so-lo I went. A 1.6 m tidal flow was pretty tamed with a southerly wind blowing. At the end of the day this was a great dive finding another new species, Siphopteron sp. 6, a beauty. Found from under a rock was a very small Polycera melanosticta. It looks like the golden hydroid on the top of the Fish Cage was really being reduced by the 8 Tenellia sibogae. And finally after turning over another rock 2 Phyllodesmium opalescens jumped at me with the magic of this genus.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -1
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Cratena lineata -7
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Elysia sp. 30 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -5
Facelina sp. 11 -1
Flabellina lotos -9
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniodoridella savignyi -6
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -13
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 7 -2
Goniodoridella sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -1
Hallaxa iju -1
Hypselodoris obscura -1
Julia exquisita -1
Kabeiro christianae -many babies
Kaloplocamus sp. 3 -1
Liloa brevis shell -1
Myja sp. 1 -many babies
Niparaya sp. 21 -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -2
Polycera melanosticta -1
Polycera sp. 1 -3
Retusa sp. 6 shell -1
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -2
Siphopteron sp. 6 -1 NEW SPECIES
Tenellia sibogae -8
Tenellia sp. 23 -4
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Tenellia sp. 47 -1
Tenellia sp. 66 -7
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -6
Unidentia sp. 3 -4
Beautiful entry
Drift
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 24
Roxaniella leucampyx
Substrate
Hallaxa iju
Hallaxa iju
Tenellia sp. 66
Tenellia sp. 66
Tenellia sp. 66
Polycera sp. 1
Polycera sp. 1
Retusa sp. 6
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Liloa brevis
Kaloplocamus sp. 3
Kaloplocamus sp. 3
Kaloplocamus sp. 3
Goniodoridella savignyi
Niparaya sp. 21
Roxaniella leucampyx
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1
Phyllodesmium opalescens x2
Facelina sp. 11
Substrate
Kabeiro christianae
Elysia sp. 30
Unidentia sp. 3
Flabellina lotos
Tenellia sp. 47
Hypselodoris obscura
Cratena lineata
Eubranchus sp. 10
Eubranchus sp. 10
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Tenellia sp. 23
Goniobranchus daphne
Thuridilla carlsoni
Siphopteron sp. 6 NEW SPECIES
Siphopteron sp. 6 NEW SPECIES
Siphopteron sp. 6 NEW SPECIES
Siphopteron sp. 6 NEW SPECIES
Siphopteron sp. 6 NEW SPECIES
Siphopteron sp. 6 NEW SPECIES
Goniodoridella sp. 6
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Unidentia sp. 3
Goniodoridella sp. 10
Gymnodoris sp. 22
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Tenellia sibogae x6
Tenellia sibogae
Kabeiro christianae
Costasiella kuroshimae
Polycera melanosticta
Kabeiro christianae
Julia exquisita
Elysia sp. 11
