Sunday, October 31, 2021

Species List: 30-10-2021, Fish Cage to Rotunda, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 56 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 30-10-2021.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 315 minutes. Maximum depth 5.4 m, 25 C water temperature, up to 8 m viz.

Wow what can I say. Todays dive recorded 56 species with 2 new species...the river keeps on giving. As soon as I stepped off the Fish Cage stair I checked out some scollop weed and in half a second there was an escaping Gymnodoris sp. 20. About 15 seconds later there was a piece of bright green algae? with 2 New Placida's and egg masses. I was stoked. I am trying resolve the fact that this an EPIC dive. I checked the old River record at 53 and all time record for the Coast was as far as I could find 54. I imagine it was only a matter of time...nuff said listeners.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys semistriatus shell with crab -1
Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Cerberilla sp. 1 -1
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -38
Costasiella kuroshimae -2
Costasiella formicaria -2 Gary's first record
Cratena lineata -12
Dermatobranchus sp. 15 -1
Doto sp. 3 -14
Doto sp. 4 -4
Elysia sp. 17 -2
Eubranchus sp. 10 -3
Facelina bourailli -1
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Flabellina lotos -3
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
* Goniobranchus daphne -47
Goniobranchus geometricus -5
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -25
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -6
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Goniodoridella sp. 8 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 20 -1
Hallaxa sp. 1 -1
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 -1
Hypselodoris jacksoni -1
Hypselodoris obscura -12
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Kabeiro christianae -3
Kaloplocamus sp. 3 -1
Liloa brevis shell -3
Lomanotus sp. 7 -2
Lomanotus vermiformis -1
Mariagalja sandrana -45
Niparaya sp. 1 -1
Niparaya sp. 22? -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Placida sp. 2 -2 NEW SPECIES
Plocamopherus sp. 3 -1 NEW SPECIES
Polycera sp. 1 -1
Retusa planospira shell -1
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -
Tenellia sibogae -2
Tenellia sp. 23 -3
Tenellia sp. 24 -3
Tenellia sp. 49 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -6
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1
Tornatina sp. 7 shell -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -11
Unidentia sp. 2 -2
Unidentia sp. 3 -2
Unidentia sp. 4 -24
Unidentia sp. 14 -18

Entry

Clarity

Exit

Suface

Gymnodoris sp. 20 escaping

Placida sp. 2  NEW SPECIES x2

Placida sp. 2  NEW SPECIES x2

Placida sp. 2  NEW SPECIES x2

Placida sp. 2  NEW SPECIES

Placida sp. 2  NEW SPECIES

Dermatobranchus sp. 15

Costasiella formicaria x2

Costasiella formicaria x2

Roxaniella leucampyx

Liloa brevis

Mariagalja sandrana x4

Mariagalja sandrana

Mariagalja sandrana

Mariagalja sandrana

Facelina sp. 11

Substrate

Retusa planospira

Goniodoridella sp. 1

The Icon

Substrate Big Rock

Niparaya sp. 1

Look up!

Substrate

Unidentia sp. 4

Goniodoridella sp. 5

Mariagalja sandrana

Goniobranchus daphne

Tenellia sp. 23 x2

Mariagalja sandrana

Colpodaspis sp. 2

Tenellia sp. 24

Philinopsis speciosa

Goniodoridella savignyi

Tenellia sp. 24

Substrate

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Goniodoridella sp. 8

Tenellia sp. 23

Cerberilla sp. 1

Bulbaeolidia alba



Tornatina sp. 1

Hallaxa sp. 1

Gymnodoris sp. 17

Fish Cage

Unidentia sp. 14

Cratena lineata

Tenellia sibogae

Tenellia sibogae

Polycera sp. 1

Costasiella kuroshimae

Kaloplocamus sp. 3

Kaloplocamus sp. 3

Goniodoridella savignyi

Thuridilla carlsoni

Niparaya sp. 22?

Niparaya sp. 22?

Substrate

Eubranchus sp. 10

Eubranchus sp. 10

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 4

Goniobranchus Daphne x4

Unidentia sp. 2

Doto sp. 3

Unidentia sp. 1

Kabeiro christianae

Kabeiro christianae largest

Doto sp. 3

Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniobranchus geometricus

Hypselodoris zephyra

Still there...

Goniobranchus aureopurpureus

Lomanotus sp. 7

Lomanotus vermiformis

Hypselodoris jacksoni 

Doto sp. 4

Goniobranchus daphne

Flabellina lotos

Elysia sp. 17

Facelina bourailli

Costasiella kuroshimae

Doto sp. 3

Goniobranchus sp. 6

Plocamopherus sp. 3  NEW SPECIES

Unidentia sp. 14 x2

Seal Rock

Atys semistriatus

Goniobranchus daphne

Tenellia sp. 49

Tornatina sp. 7

Elysia sp. 17

Hypselodoris obscura

Resurfacing

The close of the day