20 species sighted at Fish Cage upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 10-02-2021.
A single shore entry afternoon come night dive with Gary and David of 304 minutes. Maximum depth 5.4 m, 26 C water temperature, up to 3 m viz.
Another night dive was to be had, all we had do was meet the challenge. A large Dendrodoris atromaculata was found crawling over the sand - a great surprise.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Aglaja fulvipunctata -3
Atys semistriatus shell -2, live -2
Atys sp. 8 shell -1
Dendrodoris atromaculata -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -1
Flabellina lotos -4
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniobranchus splendidus -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -5
Hallaxa iju -2
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -2
Liloa brevis shell -7
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Polycera sp. 10 -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -2
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
* Unidentia sp. 1 -18
Unidentia sp. 14 -6
Vellicolla amperora shell -2
Entry
Drifting
Substrate
Goniobranchus splendidus
Liloa brevis
Liloa brevis
Goniobranchus daphne
Unidentia sp. 1
Substrate
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Retusa amphizosta
Liloa brevis
Unidentia sp. 1
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
A friend
Vellicolla amperora
Radula?
Flabellina lotos
Retusa amphizosta
Hypselodoris obscura
Philinopsis falciphallus
Philinopsis falciphallus
Hallaxa iju
Goniobranchus daphne
Hypselodoris obscura
Unidentia sp. 14 x2
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Unidentia sp. 14
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Shell
Vellicolla amperora
Atys semistriatus
Aglaja fulvipunctata
Polycera sp. 10
Goniobranchus splendidus
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Atys semistriatus
Eubranchus sp. 10 x2
Philinopsis falciphallus
Hallaxa iju x2
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Flatworm
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Aglaja fulvipunctata
Substrate
Knoutsodonta maugeansis x2
Knoutsodonta maugeansis x2
Knoutsodonta maugeansis x2
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Dendrodoris atromaculata
Dendrodoris atromaculata
