Thursday, September 1, 2022

Species List: 01-09-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

4 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 01-09-2022.

A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 156 minutes. Maximum depth 5.9 m, 26 C water temperature, up to 6 m viz.

Spring has arrived! Hopefully the rain will stop for a while. The water clarity was nice this morning. A weak 1.5m tidal flow kept clarity good. Today was Flatworm day. Great to see Thecacera still out and about. Also found after the dive while reviewing photos was only to see a juvenile Pleurobranchus peronii.

Species and number thereof sighted

Murphydoris cobbi -2
Pleurobranchus peronii -1
Thecacera pennigera -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -3

Entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate

Substrate

Fish Cage

Substrate

Flatworm

Flatworm x2

Pleurobranchus peronii circled

Pleurobranchus peronii circled

Substrate

Bryzoan come back

Murphydoris cobbi

Flatworm

Flatworm

Flatworm

Flatworm

Awwww a dead blennie

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Thecacera pennigera

Yippee a white hydroid!

Unidentia sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 1

Unidentia sp. 1

Murphydoris cobbi