7 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 03-08-2022.
A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 135 minutes. Maximum depth 5.4 m, 18.4 C water temperature, up to 8 m viz.
Finally Winter water is here! And to top it all off a live Plocamopherus tilesii and a nice sea star as well as a few Murphydoris cobbi. Plenty of hydroids were to be seen...exciting. A couple of egg masses were seen as well.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Haloa wallisii shell -1
Liloa brevis shell -1
* Murphydoris cobbi -7
Plocamopherus tilesii -1!
Retusa pygmaea shell -1
Retusa sp. 9 shell -1
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1
Morning entry
Clarity
Clarity
Surface
Substrate
Fish Cage
Substrate Table Rock
Murphydoris cobbi
Murphydoris cobbi
Haloa wallisii
Retusa pygmaea
Substrate
Egg mass
Hydroid!
Live Snail
SeaStar!
SeaStar!
SeaStar!
Substrate
Life from under the rocks
Hydroid!
Substrate
Substrate
Murphydoris cobbi x2
Substrate
Tornatina sp. 1
Plocamopherus tilesii
Plocamopherus tilesii
Plocamopherus tilesii
Plocamopherus tilesii
Live Bi-valve
Live Moon Snail
Retusa sp. 9
Plocamopherus tilesii
Plocamopherus tilesii
Catfish ball steerin it up
