4 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 18-05-2022.
A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 110 minutes. Maximum depth 5.9 m, 23 C water temperature, 4 m viz.
First dive of the season in my D7 with new zip dry suit. It worked very nicely! Dry as a chip. No live nudibranchs were found and there was lots of silt. Of the 5 shells recorded 2 new species were found according to Bob Burn.
Species and number thereof sighted:
Atys semistriatus shell -1
Cylichnatys angustus shell -1 NEW SPECIES
Liloa brevis broken shell -1
Retusa minima shell -1 NEW SPECIES
Entry
Clarity
Surface
Substrate
Liloa brevis broken
Retusa minima NEW SPECIES
Cylichnatys angustus NEW SPECIES
Retusa minima NEW SPECIES
Atys semistriatus
Buried rail Fish Cage
Top of Fish Cage
