Saturday, December 18, 2021

Species List: 17-12-2021, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 31 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 17-12-2021.

A single shore entry dive with Gary and Sheryl of one 281 minute dive. Maximum depth 6.2 m, 27 C water temperature, up to 6 m viz.

End of week no one in the park - how noyce. It was great to see a second Flabellina sp. 12 with multiple club spiked cerata ends...A new species. I have never seen cereal abnormalities in these numbers. I figure it has to do with DNA and there have been two animals recorded, so I'll keep then separated. A very large Discodoris cebuensis was recorded today from under a rock and a brilliantly coloured Hypselodoris maritima was found as well....Sheryl showed her happiness.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Cerberilla ambonensis -1
Cratena lineata -9
Discodoris cebuensis -1
Doto sp. 3 -2
Embletonia gracilis -1
Facelina sp. 11 -24
* Flabellina lotos -49
Flabellina sp. 12 -1 NEW SPECIES
Godiva sp. 4 -1
Goniobranchus daphne -12
Goniobranchus geometricus -3
Goniodoridella savignyi -27
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -14
Gymnodoris sp. 9 -2
Hypselodoris maritima -1
Hypselodoris obscura -5
Liloa brevis shell -5
Mnestia sp. 1 -4, shell -3
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -2
Pruvotfolia sp. 1 -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -4
Retusa sp. 6 shell -1
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Tenellia sibogae -7
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -1
Unidentia sp. 3 -2
Unidentia sp. 14 -4
Weinkauffia reliqua shell -1

Entry

Clarity

Substrate

Substrate with oncoming traffic

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Fish Cage

Flabellina lotos

Hypselodoris obscura

Pruvotfolia sp. 1

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Fish Cage

Tenellia sibogae x2

Unidentia sp. 14

Tenellia sibogae

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Goniodoridella sp. 1

Gymnodoris sp. 9

Cratena lineata

Flabellina lotos

Liloa brevis

Substrate

Cerberilla ambonensis

Philinopsis falciphallus

Flatworm

Facelina sp. 11

Flabellina sp. 12  NEW SPECIES

Flabellina sp. 12  NEW SPECIES

Facelina sp. 11

Facelina sp. 11

Facelina sp. 11

Goniodoridella savignyi

Cratena lineata

Cratena lineata

Retusa amphizosta

Mnestia sp. 1

Flabellina lotos x2

Goniobranchus geometricus

Doto sp. 3

Embletonia gracilis

Goniobranchus geometricus

Hypselodoris obscura

Thuridilla carlsoni

Goniobranchus geometricus

Mnestia sp. 1

Retusa amphizosta

Retusa sp. 6

Flatworm

Unidentia sp. 3

Substrate

Hypselodoris maritima

Roxaniella leucampyx

Philinopsis speciosa

Hypselodoris maritima

Tenellia sibogae

Tenellia sp. 24

Hypselodoris maritima

Fish Cage

Godiva sp. 4

Weinkauffia reliqua

Hypselodoris maritima

Goniobranchus daphne

Discodoris cebuensis