28 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Sunshine Coast, Qld. 23-08-2021.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 250 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 21 C water temperature, up to 10 m viz.
Ahhh the joys of Monday winter river diving. Some very nice finds were had today! With clear water to search in the hunt was on. After a quiet spell Cerberilla was finally found motoring along the sand. A Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile was found from under a rock as well as Plocamopherus ceylonicus. This was a good dive and it was the warmest this winter!
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys sp. 8 shell -1
Cerberilla sp. 3 -1
Costasiella kuroshimae -2
Cratena lineata -15
Elysia sp. 5 -1
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Flabellina lotos -7
Goniobranchus daphne -12
Goniodoridella savignyi -+50
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 - +100
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 10 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -21
Liloa brevis shell -2
Limacia ornata -1
Myja sp. 1 -1
Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile -1
Plocamopherus ceylonicus -1
Polycera melanosticta -1
Polycera sp. 5 -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -3
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Tenellia sp. 60 -1
Trapania vitta -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -13
Unidentia sp. 14 -4
Entry
Surface
Substrate
Fish Cage
Roxaniella leucampyx
Retusa amphizosta
Atys sp. 8
Cerberilla sp. 3
Cerberilla sp. 3
Liloa brevis
Unidentia sp. 1
Eubranchus sp. 3
Limacia ornata
Limacia ornata
Trapania vitta
The sponge Trapania circled
Trapania vitta
Goniobranchus daphne
Substrate
Substrate
Substrate
Flabellina lotos
Plocamopherus ceylonicus
Polycera sp. 5
Goniodoridella sp. 5
Substrate
Goniodoridella savignyi
Costasiella kuroshimae
Hypselodoris obscura
Flabellina lotos
Hypselodoris obscura
Cratena lineata
Cratena lineata
Elysia sp. 11
Hypselodoris obscura
Costasiella kuroshimae
Substrate
Hypselodoris obscura
Elysia sp. 5
Pleurobranchus peronii juvenile
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1 and Unidentia sp. 14
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Substrate
Polycera melanosticta
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Goniodoridella savignyi
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Cowrie
Myja sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 14
