Nudibranch Central: Species List: 15-06-2021, Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

Friday, June 18, 2021

Species List: 15-06-2021, Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld.

24 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 15-06-2021.

A single shore entry dive with Gary, Steve Coutts and friends of 241 minutes. Maximum depth 5.3 m, 18/19 C water temperature, up to 6 m viz.

Steve is in town and we need to get in the river. Some interesting species were recorded today. We haven't seen Gymnodoris amakusana in quite a while. Two Lophodoris sp. 1 and Placida kevinleei great to see. Knoutsodonta maugeansis with eggs was a treasure especially on the black slate. A new species was also recorded today, the shell of Haminoea sp. 20 at about 2 mm. Cratena pawarshindeorum was still around, one animalk was being eatin by what appeared to be a a tube worm, so I plucked it out and it happily crawled away with about 80% of it body!

Species and number thereof sighted

* Species with highest specimen count

Costasiella kuroshimae -2

* Cratena lineata -64

Cratena pawarshindeorum -3

Cratena simba -1

Diversidoris aurantionodulosa juvenile -1

Eubranchus sp. 10 -1

Flabellina lotos -59

Goniobranchus daphne -3

Goniodoridella savignyi -13

Goniodoridella sp. 1 -22