26 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 26-02-2021.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 255 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 27 C water temperature, up to 10 m viz.
When two potential dive buddies decide they can't make it I'll just have to go solo and I had the place to myself!! Even tho the tidal flow was 2.0 m it was do-able. But what was a surprise was the viz! A 10 m view was great. Some interesting species were recorded like Limacia ornata, Tenellia sp. 67 on the sand, Embletonia gracilis a real treat, a small Costasiella kuroshimae and a Mnestia sp. 1 shell. Gotta get in tomorrow!
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys semistriatus shell -1
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Cratena lineata -3
Embletonia gracilis -1
Facelina sp. 10 -5
Flabellina lotos -21
Goniobranchus daphne -3
Goniobranchus geometricus -1
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -7
Goniodoridella sp. 7 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 8 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 9 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -15
Liloa brevis shell -3
Limacia ornata -1
Mnestia sp. 1 -1
Placida kevinleei -1
Retusa sp. 6 shell -3
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Tenellia sibogae -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Tenellia sp. 67 -1
* Unidentia sp. 1 -+150
Unidentia sp. 2 -2
Unidentia sp. 3 -5
Unidentia sp. 14 -9
Entry
Substrate
Fish Cage
Tenellia sibogae
Substrate
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Unidentia sp. 1
Substrate
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 8
Goniodoridella sp. 9
Flabellina lotos
Unidentia sp. 1
Embletonia gracilis
Embletonia gracilis
Embletonia gracilis
Unidentia sp. 14
Unidentia sp. 1
Substrate
Substrate
Facelina sp. 10
Mnestia sp. 1
Hypselodoris obscura
Atys semistriatus
Costasiella kuroshimae
Goniobranchus daphne
Flabellina lotos
Retusa sp. 6
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Cratena lineata
Tenellia sp. 23
Placida kevinleei
Unidentia sp. 1 left three, Unidentia sp. 3 right
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniobranchus daphne
Retusa sp. 6
Roxaniella leucampyx
Tenellia sp. 67
Tenellia sp. 67
Cratena lineata
Goniodoridella sp. 1
W H A T ?
Retusa sp. 6
Facelina sp. 10 x2
Fish Cgae
Substrate
Limacia ornata
Limacia ornata
Limacia ornata
