22 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 13-01-2023.
A single shore entry dive with Gary and Sheryl of 315 minutes. Maximum depth 6.2 m, 27 C water temperature, up to 4 m viz.
Sheryl had a dream so diving we did go. Got in 4 hours before the 12 noon high tide and went 315 minutes. Great dive this one. Two Come-back-species one of them the beloved and dearly missed Hypselodoris obscura recorded from the nose of the Icon.I checked out the same group of scollop weed and found another Phyllaplysia lafonti, what a face! Once at Rotunda the silty sand had eight Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3. Nice to spend time on the bottom for 3 hours and 15 minutes!
Ps. Sheryl finally got her Dendrodoris denisoni
Sheryl loved her new 'SiltFins'!
Species and number thereof sighted:
Atys sp. ? shell -1
Dendrodoris arborescens -1
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Dermatobranchus sp. 16 -2!
Goniodoridella savignyi -3
Gymnodoris sp. 25 -2 Come-back-species
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 -8
Haminoea sp. 17 shell -2
Hypselodoris obscura -1 Come-back-species
Idaliadoris maugeansis -many young
Liloa brevis shell -7
Murphydoris cobbi -14
Murphydoris puncticulata -2
Niparaya sp. 1 -1
Niparaya sp. 20 -1
Niparaya sp. 26 -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Phyllaplysia lafonti -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -3
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Tenellia sp. 66 -1
Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1
Entry
Clarity
Exit
Ready with 'SiltFins'
Surface
Substrate upon descent
Murphydoris cobbi
Idaliadoris maugeansis many young
Atys sp.
Gymnodoris sp. 25 Come-back-species
Haminoea sp. 17
Niparaya sp. 20
Murphydoris cobbi x2
Flatworm
Substrate
Gymnodoris sp. 25 Come-back-species
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3
Murphydoris cobbi
Murphydoris puncticulata x2
Sheryls dream - Dendrodoris denisoni
Substrate
Sheryl shooting her dream
Flatworm
Philinopsis speciosa
Phyllaplysia lafonti
Phyllaplysia lafonti
'SiltFin' in action!
Dermatobranchus sp. 16
Dermatobranchus sp. 16
Flatworm x2
Tenellia sp. 66 egg mass
Tenellia sp. 66
Flatworm
Substrate
Flatworm
???
Unknown egg mass
Seal Rock
Substrate
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 x2
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3
Substrate
The Icon
Hypselodoris obscura Come-back-species
Goniodoridella savignyi
Roxaniella leucampyx
Dendrodoris arborescens
Tubeworm
Retusa amphizosta
Haminoea sp. 17
Sheryls Frog Fish
Sheryl and her Frog Fish
Sheryls Frog Fish
???
Substrate
