Thursday, November 25, 2021

Species List: 25-11-2021, Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 57 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 25-11-2021.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of one 302 minute dive. Maximum depth 15.9 m, 26 C water temperature, up to 4 m viz.

Rain is here. And it looks like another 10 days of it. The river is being affected by run-off and has a brown colouration. As I known this top layer is fresh water about one metre thick. Under that the vis is great for macro/micro searching. Today I realised that a yellow hue of ambient light tends to make things look more vivid. Upon arrival at Fish Cage stair only one step was visible in the shallows. I then drove home to get my "GoPro on a long stick". I lowered the camera to the bottom and then reviewed the capture. There in front of me was 2 m of nice dive-able yellow water. So off I went! I'm telling you I was surprised at the finds. Some old friends were seen today - Pteraeolidia semperi. On 08/08/2020 two new Niparya species were recorded together, Niparaya sp. 19 and Niparaya sp. 20 were not mating. Today I recorded the same two species together, WOW! A 25 mm Philinopsis speciosa was seen today, big and beautiful. While moving some white hydroid over to get a Tenellia shot my hand flew over a 100 mm Notobryon sp. 1, brilliant! After 5 hours the tide turned and really got dirty. Yet again another epic dive in the river...

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys sp. 8 shell -1
Cerberilla sp. 3 -1
Colinatys sp. 1 -3
Costasiella kuroshimae -5
Cratena lineata -15
Doto sp. 3 -4
Elysia pusilla -2
Elysia sp. 25 -1
Elysia sp. 33 -1
Elysia sp. 40 -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -4
Eubranchus sp. 10 -4
Facelina bourailli -3
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Flabellina lotos -11
Goniobranchus daphne -8
Goniobranchus geometricus -2
Goniodoridella savignyi -100+
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -6
Goniodoridella sp. 5 -1
Gymnodoris amakusana -15
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -7
Gymnodoris sp. 25 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -8
Kabeiro christianae -2
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -1
Liloa brevis shell -2
Mnestia sp. 1 -2
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 -3
Niparaya sp. 4 -2
Niparaya sp. 11 -3
Niparaya sp. 13 -4
Niparaya sp. 17 -3
Niparaya sp. 19 -3
Niparaya sp. 20 -10
Niparaya sp. 36 -1
Notobryon sp. 1 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -1
Placida fralila -5
Placida kevinleei -2
Pteraeolidia semperi -3
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Tenellia sibogae -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -3
Tenellia sp. 24 -3
Tenellia sp. 32 -4
Tenellia sp. 44 -6
Tenellia sp. 67 -2
Thuridilla carlsoni -6
Tornatina sp. 1 -1
Trapania brunnea -3
Trapania vitta -3
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -5
Verconia simplex -1

Fresh water layer

Looks good to me!

GoPro long stick checking fresh water layer

Surface

Shallow substrate

Placida fralila 

Elysia sp. 40

Placida fralila x2

Eubranchus sp. 10

Flabellina lotos

Goniodoridella savignyi x2

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Costasiella kuroshimae

Mnestia sp. 1

Goniobranchus daphne 

Niparaya sp. 20

Substrate

Substrate

Tenellia sp. 24

Cerberilla sp. 3

Fish Cage

Tenellia sibogae

Flabellina lotos

Niparaya sp. 17

Philinopsis falciphallus

Niparaya sp. 19

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Gymnodoris sp. 17

Gymnodoris amakusana

Flabellina lotos 

Elysia pusilla

Thuridilla carlsoni 

Roxaniella leucampyx

Goniodoridella sp. 1 

Niparaya sp. 11

Niparaya sp. 4 

Thuridilla carlsoni 

Hypselodoris obscura

Colinatys sp. 1

Mnestia sp. 1 

Elysia sp. 33

Lamellaria

Eubranchus sp. 3

Gymnodoris amakusana

Goniobranchus daphne

Philinopsis speciosa size with finger

Philinopsis speciosa

Niparaya sp. 19

Unidentia sp. 14 

Kabeiro christianae 

Unidentia sp. 14 

Cratena lineata

Cratena lineata

Niparaya sp. 13 

Goniodoridella savignyi

Kabeiro christianae

Tenellia sp. 23 

Unidentia sp. 14 mating pair and friends



Trapania vitta 

Trapania vitta 

Trapania vitta and Trapania brunnea

Hypselodoris obscura gills

Thuridilla carlsoni

Tornatina sp. 1

Goniodoridella sp. 5

Tenellia sp. 32

Tenellia sp. 44

Tenellia sp. 44

Notobryon sp. 1 - 100 mm

Notobryon sp. 1 - 100 mm

Notobryon sp. 1 

Notobryon sp. 1 

Facelina sp. 11

Goniobranchus geometricus 

Substrate

Pteraeolidia semperi

Unidentia sp. 4

Knoutsodonta maugeansis

Tenellia sp. 23 

Doto sp. 3 

Placida kevinleei

Tenellia sp. 24

Liloa brevis

Facelina bourailli

Niparaya sp. 11

Placida kevinleei

Gymnodoris sp. 25

Facelina bourailli

Niparaya sp. 36 

Goniobranchus daphne

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Verconia simplex 

Tenellia sp. 67