Monday, February 21, 2022

Species List: 21-02-2022, Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 13 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 21-02-2022.

A single shore entry morning with Gary and Sheryl of 300 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 27 C water temperature, 4-6 m viz.

Beginning of mid-week diving what a joy. Sheryls time off from work a nice way to be. With the huge dumping of silt the species count is low. The water clarity has been much better. Cratena pawarshindeorum continues to dominate the river, but for how long. Seeing Knoutsodonta maugeansis and Limacia ornata again was great. Presenting the newly described species Murphydoris cobbi.

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys sp. 7 shell -1
Cratena lineata -4
* Cratena pawarshindeorum -65
Cratena simba -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -7
Flabellina lotos -6
Goniobranchus daphne -7
Hypselodoris obscura -21
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -2
Liloa brevis shell -2
Limacia ornata -1
Murphydoris cobbi -6
Retusa amphizosta shell -3

Entry

Clarity

Exit

Buddy

Surface

Substrate upon dropping in

Searching

Flatworm

Murphydoris cobbi

Liloa brevis 

Hypselodoris obscura

Substrate

Hypselodoris obscura

Goniobranchus daphne

Hypselodoris obscura

Flatworm

Substrate

Cratena simba

Knoutsodonta maugeansis v

Knoutsodonta maugeansis 

Limacia ornata

Murphydoris cobbi

A tattered Cratena pawarshindeorum

Cratena pawarshindeorum and Flabellina lotos

Cratena lineata

Cratena lineata

Cratena pawarshindeorum x3

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Substrate

Cratena pawarshindeorum x3

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Retusa amphizosta

Knoutsodonta maugeansis

Knoutsodonta maugeansis

Substrate

Eubranchus sp. 10

Eubranchus sp. 10

Murphydoris cobbi 

Hypselodoris obscura

Eubranchus sp. 10

Goniobranchus daphne

Goniobranchus daphne

Seal Rock

Retusa amphizosta

Liloa brevis

Atys sp. 7

Flabellina lotos

Flabellina lotos

Substrate

I saw many of these for the first time

Flabellina lotos

Hello there!

Cratena pawarshindeorum

Flabellina lotos

Hypselodoris obscura

Limacia ornata x2

Stoney