38 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Sunshine Coast, Qld. 03-10-2021.
A single solo shore entry dive, day come night with Gary of 241 minutes. Maximum depth 5.9 m, 23 C water temperature, up to 5 m viz.
End of long weekend getting before everyone goes home! Another epic dive this time 37 species and what looks like a new species Eubranchus sp. 22 complete with distinct brown spots. Elliot swam past me free-diving and waved...he said he found a Euselenops luniceps on the sand! Damn! The Philinopsis falciphallus was the largest I have seen, as long as my finger. Not many Bubble shells today, one live Retusa amphizosta and a Liloa brevis shell that blew anyway before I could shot it. And the water temp was 23C the whole dive.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Berthella stellata -1
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -8
Costasiella kuroshimae -5
Cratena lineata -19
Doto sp. 3 -3
Eubranchus sp. 10 -1
Eubranchus sp. 22 -1 NEW SPECIES
Facelina sp. 11 -1
Flabellina lotos -6
Goniobranchus daphne -14
Goniobranchus geometricus -2
* Goniodoridella savignyi -36
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -28
Goniodoridella sp. 7 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 9 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -3
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -1
Liloa brevis shell -1
Limacia ornata -1
Lophodoris sp. 1 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Philinopsis speciosa -2
Placida kevinleei -1
Plocamopherus ceylonicus -1
Polycera sp. 1 -2
Retusa amphizosta -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Tenellia sp. 32 -1
Tenellia sp. 44 -8
Tenellia sp. 47 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -7
Trapania brunnea -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -12
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 3 -6
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -22
Entry
Surface
Substrate
Eubranchus sp. 22 NEW SPECIES
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Polycera sp. 1
Flabellina lotos
Unidentia sp. 14
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Limacia ornata
Thuridilla carlsoni
Unidentia sp. 1
Substrate
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 14
Placida kevinleei
Berthella stellata
Berthella stellata and egg mass
Flatworm
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniodoridella savignyi
Tenellia sp. 47
Doto sp. 3
Goniobranchus geometricus
Unidentia sp. 1
Unknown Nudibranch egg mass
Unidentia sp. 14
Flabellina lotos
Unidentia sp. 2
Goniodoridella savignyi
Hypselodoris obscura mating pair
Goniodoridella sp. 7
Substrate
Costasiella kuroshimae
Costasiella kuroshimae
Costasiella kuroshimae
Unidentia sp. 1
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 32 x2
Eubranchus sp. 10
Goniobranchus geometricus
Cratena lineata
Lophodoris sp. 1
Tenellia sp. 23
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Retusa amphizosta
Tenellia sp. 24
Thuridilla carlsoni
Flatworm
Plocamopherus ceylonicus
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Philinopsis speciosa
Philinopsis speciosa
Goniodoridella savignyi
An old friend
Thuridilla carlsoni
Unidentia sp. 4
Unidentia sp. 3
Another friend
Thuridilla carlsoni
Doto sp. 3 x2
Polycera sp. 1
Tenellia sp. 44
Flatworm and Lamellaria
Unidentia sp. 14
Philinopsis falciphallus
Philinopsis falciphallus
Cratena lineata
Trapania brunnea
Cratena lineata
Eubranchus sp. 22 NEW SPECIES
Eubranchus sp. 22 NEW SPECIES
Eubranchus sp. 22 NEW SPECIES
Eubranchus sp. 22 NEW SPECIES
Eubranchus sp. 22 NEW SPECIES
Tenellia sp. 32 and Tenellia sp. 44 x8
Tenellia sp. 44 x3
Tenellia sp. 32
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