Nudibranch Central: Species List: 29-09-2021, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Species List: 29-09-2021, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

30 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Sunshine Coast, Qld. 29-09-2021.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 244 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 21 C water temperature, up to 8 m+ viz.

More mid-week diving this time solo and lovin it! Getting in before the weather turns inclement. Some classics were recorded today. I used the new black Ricoh today with the orange one as backup on my arm. After 279 photos and one bar left I wondered how many I could get before shutdown. BTW Tracy that Pleurobranchus peronii was palm sized! The four Okenia plana were still under the rock with many more babies. It was great to record another Lophodoris sp. 1, problem was it was sitting under an overhang and hard to shoot, moving it was not an option. Scouting over the silty sand bottom Colpodaspis sp. 2 were recorded. There before me on the same rock down from the stairs with the Myja sp. was a nice colourful Dendrodoris denisoni. To end the 4 hour dive - first one this year in the river with my 7 mm wetsuit with a 2 mm Elysia coodgeensis. The wetsuit kept me warm throughout the 4 hours no chills in the 21C water - Yippee. Noyce dive, the 1.4 m tidal flow was beautiful and the water clarity was tops. Sigh...

Species and number thereof sighted

* Species with highest specimen count

Colpodaspis sp. 2 -3

Costasiella kuroshimae -4

Cratena lineata -22

Dendrodoris denisoni -1

Elysia coodgeensis -1

Elysia sp. 17 -1

Eubranchus sp. 3 -1

Facelina sp. 11 -3

Flabellina lotos -7

Goniobranchus daphne -11