Monday, December 21, 2020

Species List: 19-12-2020, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

 50 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 19-12-2020.

A single shore entry dive Gary and David of 269 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 26 C water temperature, up to 3 m viz.

Big storms rains have dirtied up the river as of late but off we went anyway busting to see what it was like. When we got to the bottom we were pleasantly surprised with 2-3 m viz and fairly clean water. And there were Nudibranchs everywhere! Gymnodoris species were also in abundance. A well and truely epic dive!!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Bulbaeolidia alba -4
Cratena lineata -21
Doto sp. 3 -5
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Elysia sp. 35 -1 NEW SPECIES
Eubranchus sp. 10 -6
Facelina bourailli -3
Facelina sp. 11 -5
Flabellina lotos -22
Goniobranchus daphne -2
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
Goniobranchus setoensis -6
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -1
Goniobranchus splendidus juvenile -1
Goniobranchus verrieri -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -4
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -14
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -1
* Gymnodoris sp. 10 -31
Gymnodoris sp. 13 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 20 -4
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -9
Gymnodoris sp. 25 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 27 -3
Hypselodoris obscura -18
Hypselodoris whitei -1
Kabeiro christianae -3
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -1
Liloa brevis shell -1
Limacia ornata -1
Mnestia sp. 1 -12
Myja sp. 1 -1
Myja sp. 2 -1 NEW SPECIES
Niparaya sp. 1 -3
Niparaya sp. 21 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -7
Placida kevinleei -2
Retusa amphizosta -2
Retusa sp. 6 shell -1
Sakuraeolis nungunoides -1
Tenellia sibogae -5
Tenellia sp. 23 -11
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Tornatina sp. 1 -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -18
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 3 -3
Unidentia sp. 4 -3
Unidentia sp. 9 -3
Unidentia sp. 11 -1

Entry

Surface

Ready

Substrate

Substrate

Flabellina lotos

Fish Cage

Tenellia sibogae x2

Tenellia sibogae x2

Facelina sp. 11

Tenellia sp. 23

Retusa amphizosta

Gymnodoris sp. 27

Goniobranchus daphne

Substrate

Niparaya sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Philinopsis falciphallus

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 1

Eubranchus sp. 10

Flabellina lotos

Unidentia sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Unidentia sp. 1 ?

Cratena lineata

Gymnodoris sp. 22

Goniobranchus setoensis

Unidentia sp. 9

Tenellia sp. 23

Unidentia sp. 4

Facelina bourailli

Mnestia sp. 1

Gymnodoris sp. 20

Flatworm

Unidentia sp. 11

Niparaya sp. 21

Goniodoridella savignyi

Knoutsodonta maugeansis

Myja sp. 2  NEW SPECIES

Gymnodoris sp. 27

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Doto sp. 3

Flabellina lotos

Thuridilla carlsoni

Placida kevinleei

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Tenellia sp. 23

Elysia sp. 11

Retusa amphizosta

Bulbaeolidia alba

Kabeiro christianae

Hypselodoris whitei

Tornatina sp. 1

Tornatina sp. 1

Elysia sp. 35  NEW SPECIES

Goniobranchus splendidus juvenile

Gymnodoris sp. 13

Eubranchus sp. 10

Mnestia sp. 1

Gymnodsp. 10 eating Unidemtia sp. 1

Doto sp. 3

Placida kevinleei

Goniodoridella savignyi

Mnestia sp. 1 mating pair

Gymnodoris sp. 10 mating pair

Limacia ornata

left Gymnodoris sp. 10 right Sakuraeolis nungunoides

Facelina sp. 11 x2

Gymnodoris sp. 25

Niparaya sp. 1

Eubranchus sp. 10

Knoutsodonta maugeansis

Placida kevinleei

Elysia sp. 35  NEW SPECIES

Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniobranchus verrieri

Goniobranchus setoensis

Goniobranchus sp. 6

Limacia ornata

Unidentia sp. 4

Eubranchus sp. 10

Eubranchus sp. 10