40 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 22-12-2020.
A single solo shore entry dive Gary of 270 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 26-27 C water temperature, up to 5 m viz.
Getting in while the river is hot. Solo this time and quite a relaxing dive. Camera battery exhausted but I continued searching and found a couple more species but no photo...need a second camera! The Goniobranchus dorids were out in force, nice to see. The highlight was finding the second Goniodoris sp. 7, a real beauty. I also recorded (until Bob confirms) Retusa complanata maybe, the shell is different. During this dive I recorded mating Unidentia animals - and as I thought they are the same animals. I gotta tell you this river is special! And to top off the dive another new Retusa was recorded!!
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys semistriatus -1
Bulbaeolidia alba -2
Costasiella kuroshimae -2
Costasiella sp. 1 -1
Cratena lineata -16
Eubranchus sp. 3 -2
Eubranchus sp. 10 -3
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Flabellina lotos -17
Goniobranchus albonares -1
Goniobranchus daphne -5
Goniobranchus geometricus -4
Goniobranchus setoensis -14
Goniobranchus splendidus -1
Goniobranchus verrieri -2
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -23
Goniodoridella sp. 6 -1
Goniodoris sp. 7 -1 (Second animal recorded)
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -5
Gymnodoris sp. 13 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 27 -2
Haminoea sp. 19 shell -1
Hypselodoris obscura -16
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -2
Liloa brevis shell -1
Mnestia sp. 1 -6
Philinopsis falciphallus -7
Polycera sp. 1 -2
Retusa sp. 8 -1 NEW SPECIES
Retusa sp. 6 shell -1
Sakuraeolis nungunoides -1
Tenellia puellula -1
Tenellia sibogae -5
Tenellia sp. 23 -12
Tenellia sp. 47 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -17
Unidentia sp. 3 -5
Unidentia sp. 4 -4
Unidentia sp. 14 -3
Entry
Surface
Substrate
Top of Fish Cage
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae x3
Flabellina lotos
Goniobranchus daphne
Facelina sp. 11
Substrate
Goniobranchus verrieri
Goniobranchus verrieri
Goniodoris sp. 7 (Second animal recorded)
Atys semistriatus
Tenellia sp. 23
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Polycera sp. 1
Retusa sp. 8 NEW SPECIES
Eubranchus sp. 10
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 1
Flabellina lotos
Unidentia sp. 3
Costasiella kuroshimae
Mnestia sp. 1
Hypselodoris obscura
Eubranchus sp. 10
Mnestia sp. 1
Mnestia sp. 1
Hypselodoris obscura
Unidentia sp. 14
Goniodoridella sp. 6
Goniobranchus daphne
Unidentia sp. 4
Unidentia sp. 14 x2
Philinopsis falciphallus
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Substrate
Substrate
Substrate (Gothum City)
Cratena lineata
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniobranchus geometricus
Cratena lineata x3
Tenellia sibogae
Eubranchus sp. 3
Unidentia sp. 1
Goniobranchus setoensis x2
Eubranchus sp. 3
Goniodoridella sp. 1 x2
Tenellia puellula
Hypselodoris obscura
Bulbaeolidia alba
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniobranchus setoensis with abnormality
No that is not a juvenile nudibranch!
Sakuraeolis nungunoides
Goniobranchus albonares
Goniobranchus albonares
Tenellia sp. 47
Gymnodoris sp. 13
Tenellia sp. 23
Gymnodoris sp. 10
Polycera sp. 1
Gymnodoris sp. 10
