Friday, April 30, 2021

Species List: 28-04-2021, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

 25 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 28-04-2021.

A single solo shore entry dive come night with Gary of 228 minutes. Maximum depth 6.3 m, 21/22 C water temperature, over 6 m viz.

After some ripping tide a 1.7 m sounded good so off I went - meeting myself at 5 am to gear up. BTW kids today was the last wetsuit dive for the season. One computer read 21C while the other read 22C. The golden hydroid on the Fish Cage is all gone. A little magic today with some very nice finds, and of course Cerberilla!! A very cool find today was finding the shell of Diacria danae a pelagic nudibranch. I think this might be a new record for Australia.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys semistriatus shell -2
Diacria danae shell -1 NEW SPECIES
Cerberilla sp. 3 -1
Costasiella sp. 1 -2
Elysia sp. 11- 1
Elysia sp. 25 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -2
Facelina sp. 11 -3
* Flabellina lotos -48 
Goniobranchus daphne -4
Goniodoridella savignyi -6
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -+100
Goniodoridella sp. 16 -1 NEW SPECIES
Hypselodoris obscura -1
Liloa brevis shell -6
Lophodoris sp. 1 -1
Mnestia sp. 1 shell -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Placida kevinleei -2
Retusa amphizosta shell -3
Tenellia sp. 23 -4
Unidentia sp. 1 -9
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -1
Weinkauffia reliqua -1

Entry

Surface

Flabellina lotos x3

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniodoridella sp. 1 x2

Substrate

Goniobranchus daphne

Flabellina lotos x2

Goniobranchus daphne

Elysia sp. 11

Goniodoridella savignyi

Weinkauffia reliqua

Goniodoridella sp. 1 x2

Flatworm

Philinopsis speciosa

Philinopsis speciosa

Tenellia sp. 23

Tenellia sp. 23

Unidentia sp. 2

Costasiella sp. 1

Liloa brevis

Hypselodoris obscura

Goniodoridella savignyi

Lophodoris sp. 1

Lophodoris sp. 1

Substrate

Retusa amphizosta

Cerberilla sp. 3

Cerberilla sp. 3

Cerberilla sp. 3

Atys semistriatus

Mnestia sp. 1 

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Retusa amphizosta

Atys semistriatus

Diacria danae  NEW SPECIES

Substrate

Substrate

Facelina sp. 11

Placida kevinleei

Flabellina lotos x2

Costasiella sp. 1

Facelina sp. 11

Elysia sp. 25

Goniodoridella sp. 16  NEW SPECIES

Goniodoridella sp. 16  NEW SPECIES

Goniobranchus daphne

Eubranchus sp. 10

Flatworm

Surface after surfacing

Surface after surfacing