44 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 26-10-2021.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 306 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 24 C water temperature, up to 7 m viz.
How does one define an EPIC dive? Recording 44 species? Recording a new species? Weekday solo diving? Surviving the dive? Shooting many photos running out of power then pulling the backup camera out to finish? I don't know! What I consider an uncommon species is the white Unidentia sp. 4. Today they were everywhere. And in second place was Goniobranchus daphne. A small Hypselodoris maritima was recorded today and boy did that make me smile! Finding Dermatobranchus sp. 7, Embletonia gracilis, Goniobranchus aureopurpureus, three Trapanias, six Lomanotus sp. 7 and Verconia simplex again more WOW factor. A total of 282 nudibranchs were found today...whew.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -6
Costasiella kuroshimae -5
Cratena lineata -17
Cratena sp. 5 -1
Doto sp. 3 -3
Dermatobranchus sp. 7 -2
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Embletonia gracilis -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -2
Facelina bourailli -2
Facelina sp. 3 -3
Facelina sp. 11 -3
Flabellina lotos -10
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -38
Goniobranchus geometricus -3
Goniodoridella savignyi -21
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -12
Gymnodoris sp. 4 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1
Hypselodoris maritima -1
Hypselodoris obscura -12
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -many young
Liloa brevis shell -1
Lomanotus sp. 7 -6
Myja sp. 1 -6
Niparaya sp. 16 -1
Niparaya sp. 19 -1
Polycera sp. 1 -2
Retusa sp. 1 shell -1
Sakuraeolis nungunoides juvenile -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -6
Tenellia sp. 24 -4
Thuridilla carlsoni -9
Trapania euryeia -1
Trapania scurra -1
Trapania vitta -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -24
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 3 -7
* Unidentia sp. 4 -39
Unidentia sp. 14 -21
Verconia simplex -1
Entry
Clarity
Exit
Flabellina lotos
Cratena sp. 5
Unidentia sp. 3
Facelina sp. 3
Lamellaria
Substrate
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 23
Facelina sp. 3 x2
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -many young
Tenellia sp. 24
Facelina sp. 11
Embletonia gracilis
Fish Cage
Fish Cage
Unidentia sp. 4
Facelina sp. 11
Unidentia sp. 3
Polycera sp. 1
Polycera sp. 1
Flatworm
Substrate
Myja sp. 1
Sakuraeolis nungunoides juvenile
Unidentia sp. 1
Niparaya sp. 19
Goniobranchus daphne
Thuridilla carlsoni
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Costasiella kuroshimae
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Substrate
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella savignyi
Unidentia sp. 14
Doto sp. 3
Gymnodoris sp. 17
Flatworm
Tenellia sp. 23
Cratena lineata
Unidentia sp. 3
Unidentia sp. 4
Goniobranchus daphne
Thuridilla carlsoni
Eubranchus sp. 3
Flatworm
Goniodoridella savignyi
Hypselodoris obscura
Unidentia sp. 4
Cratena lineata
Goniobranchus geometricus
Verconia simplex
Trapania vitta
Trapania vitta
Unidentia sp. 4
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Goniobranchus geometricus
Myja sp. 1
Eubranchus sp. 10
Lomanotus sp. 7 home
Lomanotus sp. 7
Lomanotus sp. 7
Hummm
Dermatobranchus sp. 7
Doto sp. 3
Trapania scurra
Trapania euryeia
Trapania scurra
Unidentia sp. 4
Unidentia sp. 1
Elysia sp. 11
Costasiella kuroshimae
Facelina bourailli
Flatworm
The Icon
Elysia sp. 11
Hypselodoris maritima
