40 species sighted at Fish Cage to Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 14-12-2021.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of one 336 minute dive. Maximum depth 5.5 m, 27 C water temperature, up to 3 m viz.
Mid-week diving how good is that? I started this dive half way upriver Fish Cage and finished at the end of Rotunda. My first 6 hour River dive with 50 bar left. The slow tidal movement really exposed the dirt in the water column as night was coming. 400 minutes?? Next time. A new Niparaya with a black slash across its body. What I can see looks like a new Polycera sp. on death row. Flabellina lotos were in numbers today. Three Dendrodoris nigra were recorded from under a rock. The beautiful bubble shell Tornatina gordonis was the second sighting. A large Goniobranchus aureopurpureus was also recorded. Question are species numbers diminishing?
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys semistriatus shell -2
Atys sp. 8 shell -1
Carminodoris grandiflora -1
Colinatys sp. 1 -2
Cratena lineata -17
Dendrodoris nigra -3
Dermatobranchus oculus -1
Facelina sp. 11 -17
* Flabellina lotos -49
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus -1
Goniobranchus daphne -43
Goniodoridella savignyi -29
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -19
Gymnodoris sp. 13 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 20 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 21 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -15
Kabeiro christianae -3
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -many young
Liloa brevis shell -5
Limacia ornata -1
Myja sp. 1 -1
Niparaya sp. 11 -1
Niparaya sp. 18 -1
Niparaya sp. 38 -1 NEW SPECIES
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -4
Polycera sp. 10 -1 NEW SPECIES
Retusa amphizosta shell -10
Retusa sp. 6 shell -5
Tenellia sibogae -3
Tenellia sp. 23 -8
Tenellia sp. 70 -4
Tenellia sp. 72 -2 NEW SPECIES
Thuridilla carlsoni -4
Tornatina gordonis -1 SECOND SIGHTING
Unidentia sp. 1 -3
Unidentia sp. 3 -2
Unidentia sp. 14 -15
Entry
Clarity
Exit
Surface
Gymnodoris sp. 13
Dermatobranchus oculus
Dermatobranchus oculus
Substrate
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Phyllodesmium opalescens
Phyllodesmium opalescens x2
Unidentia sp. 14
Facelina sp. 11
Retusa amphizosta
Gymnodoris sp. 20
Liloa brevis
Myja sp. 1
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Knoutsodonta maugeansis many young
Polycera sp. 10 NEW SPECIES
Polycera sp. 10 NEW SPECIES
Polycera sp. 10 NEW SPECIES
Polycera sp. 10 NEW SPECIES
Polycera sp. 10 NEW SPECIES
Friends
Unidentia sp. 3
Goniodoridella savignyi
Tenellia sp. 70
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae x2
Limacia ornata
Flabellina lotos
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Atys semistriatus
Retusa amphizosta
Tornatina gordonis SECOND SIGHTING
Carminodoris grandiflora
Carminodoris grandiflora
Substrate
Flabellina lotos
Retusa sp. 6
Unidentia sp. 1
Goniobranchus daphne
Dendrodoris nigra x2
Dendrodoris nigra x2
Dendrodoris nigra
Dendrodoris nigra egg mass
Tenellia sp. 23
Thuridilla carlsoni
Thuridilla carlsoni
Colinatys sp. 1
Tenellia sp. 23
Hypselodoris obscura
Unidentia sp. 14
Kabeiro christianae
Kabeiro christianae
Unidentia sp. 14
Unidentia sp. 3
Goniobranchus daphne
Unidentia sp. 14
Cratena lineata
Flabellina lotos with clubs
Niparaya sp. 11
Atys sp. 8
Tenellia sp. 72 NEW SPECIES
Tenellia sp. 72 NEW SPECIES
Tenellia sp. 72 NEW SPECIES
Phyllodesmium opalescens
Flatworm
Cratena lineata
Unidentia sp. 1
Thuridilla carlsoni
A friend
Philinopsis speciosa
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Hypselodoris obscura
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus
Substrate
Gymnodoris sp. 21
The Icon
Substrate
Colinatys sp. 1
Philinopsis falciphallus
Niparaya sp. 38 NEW SPECIES
Niparaya sp. 38 NEW SPECIES
6 hours later the exit
