19 species sighted at Fish Cage to Corner Rock (Rotunda) and back, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 03-02-2021.
A single shore entry dive with Gary, Fran and Nevar of 202 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 28 C water temperature, up to 4 m viz.
A crowded Saturday at the Park makes me think again before going there on the weekend. It was all happening, Burkas fisher jerk hooking my float lots of silt no parking WTF! In any case I went diving and together we found the number of species has well and truely diminished. It took me 2 hours and 10 minutes to recorded my first Goniodoridella sp. 1. 28 C water temp was very nice. Lots of Bubble shells!!! Bob Burn to confirm.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys sp. 8 shell -2
Facelina sp. 11 -5
Flabellina lotos -17
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -2
Haminoea sp. 18 shell -1
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -1
Liloa brevis shell -12
Mnestia sp. 1 shell -1
Plakobranchus ocellatus -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -3
Retusa sp. 6 shell -2
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Trapania brunnea -1
* Unidentia sp. 1 -50
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -5
Vellicolla amphorella shell -1
NOTE. shell photos coming waiting for Bob Burn to confirm
Entry
Goniobranchus daphne
Hypselodoris obscura
Plakobranchus ocellatus
Unidentia sp. 1
Flabellina lotos
Hypselodoris obscura
Searcher
Flabellina lotos
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 14
as I said...
Flabellina lotos
Facelina sp. 11
Goniobranchus daphne
Substrate
Stoney
Substrate
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 2
Unidentia sp. 14
Egg mass on my sculpture!
Facelina sp. 11
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Substrate
Looking up at the channel marker
Channel marker
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Substrate
Facelina sp. 11
