Thursday, February 25, 2021

Species List: 24-02-2021, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

 30 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 24-02-2021.

A single shore entry dive with Gary and David of 333 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 28 C water temperature, up to 5 m viz.

There's nothing better tan mid-week diving at La Balsa Park, no people kept us! The number of Unidentia animals especially sp. 1 was amazing. So many! Finding Doris cameroni was a great find. It is a new record for us and the river. Discodoris cebuensis was another great find and quite large. A second Lophodoris sp. 1 was also found. Good stuff yet again from this great river.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Aglaja fulvipunctata -2
Atys semistriatus shell -1, live -1
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Cratena lineata -7
Discodoris cebuensis -1
Discodoris lilacina -1
Doris cameroni -1 NEW SPECIES FOR RIVER, FIRST FIND FOR US
Facelina sp. 10 -1
Flabellina lotos -13
Goniobranchus daphne -9
Goniobranchus geometricus -3
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -3
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -3
Hypselodoris obscura -12
Liloa brevis shell -2
Lophodoris sp. 1 -1 Second animal found
Mnestia sp. 1 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -1, live -1
Ringicula sp. 1 shell -1
Tenellia sibogae -2
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Tenellia sp. 48 -1
* Unidentia sp. 1 -+150
Unidentia sp. 2 -2
Unidentia sp. 3 -5
Unidentia sp. 14 -6
Vellicolla amphorella shell -1
Verconia simplex -1

Entry

Surface perfection

Fish Cage

Tenellia sibogae

Liloa brevis

Goniobranchus daphne

Substrate

Retusa amphizosta

Hunting

Goniobranchus daphne 

Flabellina lotos

Substrate

Vellicolla amphorella

Unidentia sp. 14

Hypselodoris obscura

Hypselodoris obscura

Unidentia sp. 1


Atys semistriatus

Lophodoris sp. 1  Second animal found

Goniodoridella savignyi

Doris cameroni  NEW SPECIES FOR RIVER, FIRST FIND FOR US

Flabellina lotos

Facelina sp. 10 

Unidentia sp. 1

Cratena lineata

Unidentia sp. 1

Old friends

Unidentia sp. 14

Unidentia sp. 2

Goniobranchus geometricus

Discodoris cebuensis

Discodoris cebuensis

Gymnodoris sp. 22

Costasiella kuroshimae

Flabellina lotos

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Gymnodoris sp. 22

Ringicula sp. 1
A beautiful stout shell

Verconia simplex

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Tenellia sibogae

Flatworm

Goniobranchus daphne 

Aglaja fulvipunctata

Atys semistriatus

Discodoris lilacina

Aglaja fulvipunctata

Mnestia sp. 1

Doris cameroni ventral anterior side showing the
bilabial foot

Lophodoris sp. 1  Second animal found

Doris cameroni  NEW SPECIES FOR RIVER, FIRST FIND FOR US

Atys semistriatus

Discodoris cebuensis ventral side

 Unidentia sp. 1

Goniodoridella savignyi

Lophodoris sp. 1 Second animal found

Verconia simplex

Tenellia sp. 23

Discodoris cebuensis

Philinopsis falciphallus

Tenellia sp. 48

Discodoris lilacina