14 species sighted at Fish Cage to Pineapplefish Cave, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29-11-2022.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 182 minutes. Maximum depth 6.2 m, 25 C water temperature, 6 m viz.
A time to get in before the rains and swell come. Got in 3 hours before high tide 1.8 m so I wasn't in the water at the turn of the tide with the dredger and profiler upriver in operation. Recording Tenellia sp. 32 again was great and in the hydroid bunch there were many alongside Lomanotus sp. 7. After turning over many rock I finally recorded Atalodoris maugeansis again. Plus finding 14 species on a dive after the floods is fantastic!
Species and number thereof sighted:
Atalodoris maugeansis -1
Bulbaeolidia alba -2
Goniodoridella savignyi -21
Liloa brevis shell -2
Lomanotus sp. 7 -2
Lophodoris sp. 1? -1
Murphydoris cobbi -22
Murphydoris puncticulata -1
Myja sp. 1 -many young
Unidentia sp. 3 -1
Unidentia sp. 5 -1
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Tenellia sp. 32 -9
Tenellia sp. 67 -1
Entry
Clarity
Surface
Substrate upon descent
Fish Cage
Murphydoris cobbi
Lophodoris sp. 1?
Goniodoridella savignyi x2
Lamillaria
Unidentia sp. 5
Substrate
Murphydoris cobbi and Murphydoris puncticulata
Flatworm
Flatworm
Flatworm
Flatworm
Another circled?
Tenellia sp. 24
Bulbaeolidia alba
Murphydoris cobbi
Flatworm x2
Flatworm x2
Flatworm egg mass
Flatworm
Atalodoris maugeansis
Atalodoris maugeansis
Substrate
Murphydoris cobbi
Eggs from under the orange half bucket
Myja sp. 1 many young
Goniodoridella savignyi
Murphydoris cobbi
Goniodoridella savignyi x3
Goniodoridella savignyi x4
Goniodoridella savignyi x3
Goniodoridella savignyi x3
Goniodoridella savignyi x3
Goniodoridella savignyi x13
Unidentia sp. 3
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 67
Tenellia sp. 32
Lomanotus sp. 7
Tenellia sp. 32 x6
Lomanotus sp. 7
Tenellia sp. 32
A big hydroid
Seal Rock looking good
