Nudibranch Central: August 2022

Monday, August 29, 2022

Species List: 29-08-2022, Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

9 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29-08-2022.

A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 156 minutes. Maximum depth 5.7 m, 17.6 C water temperature, up to 4 m viz.

Today was a time to get in after Fran and Nevar's dive. Great to see come-back-species! It has been about a year since Siphopteron makisig was seen in the river, it a tiny but there! Yippee! I shot a little sequence of Elysia sp. 17 eating what appeared to be a "nut". Fish Cage is getting back to normal in regards to species and food sources, not so with Rotunda.

Species and number thereof sighted

Bulbaeolidia alba -1 (blew away)

Elysia sp. 17 -2

Eubranchus sp. 24 -1 NEW SPECIES

Murphydoris cobbi -1

Myja sp. 1 -3

Retusa amphizosta shell -1 (blew away)

Siphopteron makisig -1

Thecacera pennigera -7

Unidentia sp. 1 -6

Early entry

Early exit

Surface

Substrate upon entry

Flatworm

Unidentia sp. 1

Substrate

Thecacera pennigera

Yummy hydroids

Elysia sp. 17

Murphydoris cobbi

Siphopteron makisig

Eubranchus sp. 24 NEW SPECIES

Myja sp. 1

Myja sp. 1 egg mass

Myja sp. 1

Elysia sp. 17

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera and finger

Thecacera pennigera

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Eubranchus sp. 24 NEW SPECIES

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Species List: 28-08-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

5 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 28-08-2022.

A single shore entry dive with Fran and Nevar of 90 minutes. Maximum depth 5.3 m, 17 C water temperature, 1 m viz.

This is a record of a dive they did. Great to see these species come back as well as flatworms!!

Species and number thereof sighted

Elysia sp. 3 -1

Goniodoridella savignyi -1

Muphydoris cobbi -3

Thecacera pennigera -2

Unidentia sp. 1 -5

Murphydoris cobbi

Flatworm

Unidentia sp. 1

Thecacera pennigera

Flatworms

Elysia sp. 17

Goniodoridella savignyi

Species List: 26-08-2022, Toilet Block to Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

3 species sighted at Toilet Block to Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 26-08-2022.

A single shore entry dive with Kelly-Anne and Tomas of 60 minutes. Maximum depth 5.5 m, 18 C water temperature, under 1 m viz.

This is a record of a dive they did. Lots of fluff in the water column and lots of silt. Great to see these species come back!!

Species and number thereof sighted

Doto sp. 3 -1

Thecacera pennigera -3

Unidentia sp. 1 -2

Doto sp. 3

Thecacera pennigera

Unidentia sp. 1

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Species List: 17-08-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

2 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 17-08-2022.

A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 60 minutes. Maximum depth 5.3 m, 19 C water temperature, 4 m viz.

A dive was in order after a crappy cold with mind fucking coughing. While gearing up a Dugong was seen in the river just off the shore at Fish Cgae, about 30 people saw it. I happily dived with no coughing until an hour in where my nose filled up with stuff...time to go. I did manage to record 2 species of Murphydoris.

Species and number thereof sighted

Murphydoris cobbi -7

Murphydoris puncticulata -1