Friday, January 15, 2021

Species List: 15-01-2021, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

 23 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 15-01-2021.

A single shore entry dive with Gary and Sheryl of 210 minutes. Maximum depth 6.2 m, 27 C water temperature, up to 8 m viz.

After a couple weeks of diving a heavily silt ridden river today was the new dawn. Up to 8 m vis pretty clean water and absolutely no silt. It was a pleasure to dive today even tho there was a 2 m tidal flow that was doable. The species numbers has dropped. On the top of Fish Cage are some orange and white corals growing I have always checked them out and found nothing until today. Sheryl called to my attention a beautiful Phyllodesmium poindimei...WOW!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
 
Cratina lineata -5
Dendrodoris arborescens -1
Facelina sp. 11 -1
* Flabellina lotos -32
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Goniobranchus geometricus -4
Goniobranchus verrieri -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -28
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -15
Liloa brevis shell -3
Myja sp. 1 -1
Niparaya sp. 1 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -1
Phyllodesmium poindimei -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -2
Retusa sp. 1 shell -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -15
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -6

Sunny entry

Ready

Substrate

Retusa sp. 1

Hypselodoris obscura

Retusa amphizosta

Liloa brevis

Many young ones

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Substrate

Goniodoridella sp. 1 x2

Dendrodoris arborescens

Tornatina sp. 1

Retusa amphizosta

Unidentia sp. 1

Goniobranchus daphne

Flabellina lotos

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 14

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Substrate

Flabellina lotos x2

Flabellina lotos x2

Unidentia sp. 4

Hypselodoris obscura

Hypselodoris obscura

Flabellina lotos

Niparaya sp. 1

Goniobranchus geometricus

Flabellina lotos

Thuridilla carlsoni

Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1

Goniobranchus geometricus

Facelina sp. 11

Philinopsis falciphallus 

Fish Cage

Fish Cage

Cratina lineata

Phyllodesmium poindimei

Flatworm

Substrate

Substrate

Phyllodesmium poindimei

A friend

Hypselodoris obscura

Flabellina lotos

Hi

Shooting Phyllodesmium poindimei

Dendrodoris arborescens

Flabellina lotos

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Goniobranchus geometricus and Hypselodoris obscura

Phyllodesmium poindimei

Facelina sp. 11

Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniobranchus geometricus

Gymnodoris sp. 10