42 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29-11-2021.
A single shore entry dive with Gary and David of one 174 minute dive. Maximum depth 15.9 m, 24 C water temperature, up to 4 m viz.
Rain is here to stay for a while and hopefully won't effect the water. Todays dive was almost exactly the same conditions as two days ago. Diving under the fresh water layer works. David dived today without a wetsuit! He survived 3 hours! Nice work. Recording a mating pair of Niparaya sp. 11, Goniodoridella savignyi, Trapania vitta and Unidentia sp. 14 were my treat. It shows the option to separate animals based of external morphology works.
Smooth Flutemouth, Fistularia commersonii
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Colinatys sp. 1 shell -1
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Cratena lineata -13
Dendrodoris arborescens -1
Dendrodoris nigra -1
Elysia pusilla -2
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Elysia sp. 25 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -2
Facelina sp. 11 -2
Flabellina lotos -8
Goniobranchus daphne -6
Goniobranchus geometricus -4
* Goniodoridella savignyi -50+
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -3
Gymnodoris amakusana -1
Gymnodoris sp. 17 -2
Gymnodoris sp. 25 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -11
Kabeiro christianae -11
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -many young
Liloa brevis shell -1
Niparaya sp. 1 -3
Niparaya sp. 11 -2
Niparaya sp. 13 -1
Niparaya sp. 26 -1
Niparaya sp. 36 -1
Plocamopherus ceylonicus -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -1
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Tenellia puellula -1
Tenellia sibogae -7
Tenellia sp. 23 -2
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Tenellia sp. 67 -7
Thuridilla carlsoni -5
Trapania vitta -4
Unidentia sp. 2 -1
Unidentia sp. 4 -2
Unidentia sp. 14 -10
Weinkauffia reliqua shell -1
Entry
Clarity?
In shorts and ready
Substrate
Gymnodoris sp. 25
Roxaniella leucampyx
Elysia sp. 25
Tenellia puellula
Niparaya sp. 1
Knoutsodonta maugeansis
Gymnodoris sp. 17
Tenellia sp. 23
Dendrodoris arborescens
Niparaya sp. 1
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae x2
Shoot
Tenellia sibogae
Kabeiro christianae
Elysia pusilla
Elysia pusilla
Weinkauffia reliqua
Pteraeolidia semperi
Thuridilla carlsoni
Plocamopherus ceylonicus
Gymnodoris sp. 17
Costasiella kuroshimae
Facelina sp. 11
Facelina sp. 11 x2
Flatworm
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Tenellia sp. 24
Dendrodoris nigra
Dendrodoris nigra
Eubranchus sp. 10
Goniobranchus daphne
Hypselodoris obscura
Hypselodoris obscura
Unidentia sp. 2
Flabellina lotos
Goniobranchus daphne
Unidentia sp. 14
Cratena lineata
Flabellina lotos
Hypselodoris obscura
Elysia sp. 11
Unidentia sp. 14 mating pair
Goniodoridella savignyi
Unidentia sp. 36
Kabeiro christianae
Kabeiro christianae
Kabeiro christianae
Colinatys sp. 1
Trapania vitta mating triangle
Trapania vitta
Niparaya sp. 11 mating pair
Goniodoridella savignyi mating triangle
Goniodoridella savignyi mating pair
Tenellia sp. 67
Tenellia sp. 67
Tenellia sp. 67
Niparaya sp. 13
Thuridilla carlsoni
Smooth Flutemouth, Fistularia commersonii
Smooth Flutemouth, Fistularia commersonii
Goniobranchus geometricus
Kabeiro christianae
Gymnodoris amakusana
Dendrodoris arborescens
Dendrodoris arborescens
Elysia pusilla
Hypselodoris obscura and Goniobranchus daphne
Kabeiro christianae
Retusa amphizosta
