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
