Nudibranch Central: March 2023

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Species List: 28-03-2023, Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

20 species sighted at Route 66, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 28-03-2023.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 286 minutes. Maximum depth 5.6 m, 28 C water temperature, 0 to 6 m viz.

More rain set to come so off I went. A 1.1 m tidal flow was so strange. I git in just after low tide and got one metre of vis that's OK. I made my way up-river to get to Split-rock. That's when the "Blob" engulfed me! Dirty brown and dark so I turned around and headed down river where soon I cleared up to 6 m. After the turn of the tide as I approached the area of the marker the "Blob" swallowed me up, near darkness and no vision worthy of my camera. So out I went. I did manage 2 new species and 1 come-back-species. Seeing Goniobranchus geometricus again in the river was the highlight! And that Niparaya with a black foot. The Pleurobranchus were gone.

Species and numbers sighted:

Atys semistriatus shell -1

Doto sp. 3 -2

Eubranchus sp. 10 -1

Facelina sp. 11 -1

Facelina sp. 20 -1 NEW SPECIES

Goniobranchus geometricus -1 COME-BACK-SPECIES

Goniodoridella savignyi -3

Gymnodoris sp. 4 -1

Hypselodoris obscura -4

Liloa brevis shell -3

Lomanotus vermiformis -5